At the ragged frontier where the Sun’s influence gives way to interstellar space, Voyager 1 has stumbled into something that sounds more like science fiction than plasma physics: a blisteringly hot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's concept shows Voyager 1 entering interstellar space, or the space between stars. - NASA/JPL-Caltech Voyager 1, NASA’s ...

And half of the 50 years, NASA Voyager 1 has spent billions of miles traveling into interstellar space. In October, it went through a complete communication blackout; now, after weeks of quietness, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most ...

Evidence suggesting that NASA's venerable Voyager 1 probe is about to leave the solar system is piling up, scientists say. Researchers are eyeing three key parameters for signs that Voyager 1, which ...

In November 2026, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft will achieve an extraordinary milestone, becoming the first human-made object to reach a full light-day from Earth. This momentous achievement, scheduled ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Voyager 1 is going, going … not quite gone.

For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider ...

(CNN) — Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth. Launched in 1977, ...