The Voyager probes are each turning off an instrument to avoid ending their 47-year-long missions later this year.
"The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible!" ...
However, the challenge of interstellar exploration—journeys beyond our solar system to distant stars—presents far greater complexity and requires a radical reimagining of space technology.
Astronomers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) map detailing the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky ...
The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space The farthest spacecraft ...
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are both exploring uncharted territory in interstellar space. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, sent a command for Voyager 1 to power ...
Interstellar space communication. One of the most important things about these particular probes right now is that they are in interstellar space, meaning that they are indeed beyond our solar ...