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An artist's depiction of one of the twin Voyager spacecraft exploring interstellar space.
Celebrate NASA's Voyager missions at 45 with this free webcast tonight

By Tariq Malik Published

The Voyager missions are icons of cosmic exploration, and you can celebrate their 45th anniversary with a free webcast tonight (Aug. 18).

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NASA's twin Voyager probes are nearly 45 — and facing some hard decisions

By Stefanie Waldek last updated

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 continue their slow journeys deep into interstellar space.

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An artist's depiction of one of NASA's twin Voyager probes entering interstellar space.
NASA's Voyager 2 probe is on its own in interstellar space until 2021

By Mike Wall last updated

NASA's Voyager 2 probe will have to fend for itself in interstellar space for the next 11 months or so.

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An artist's depiction of one of the twin Voyager spacecraft exploring interstellar space.
Voyager 2 bounces back from glitch in interstellar space

By Mike Wall last updated

Voyager 2 is taking science data again after a glitch knocked the probe offline in late January.

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NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft entered interstellar space in November 2018, more than six years after its twin, Voyager 1, did the same. Data from Voyager 2 has helped further characterize the structure of the heliosphere, the huge bubble the sun blows around itself.
Voyager 2's Trip to Interstellar Space Deepens Some Mysteries Beyond Our Solar System

By Mike Wall last updated

Humanity's second taste of interstellar space may have raised more questions than it answered.

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Scientists' predictions for the long-term future of the Voyager Golden Records will blow your mind

By Meghan Bartels last updated

The future is a slippery thing, but sometimes physics can help. And while human destiny will remain ever unknown, the fate of two of our artifacts can be calculated in staggering detail.

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An illustration of the Voyager 1 probe in space.
With Voyager 1 data mystery, NASA relies on slow, long-distance conversation

By Andrew Jones Published

NASA's Voyager 1 team is trying to work out why the spacecraft appears to be confused about its location in space, but the mission's distance from Earth makes solving the issue challenging.

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Scientists expect the Voyager spacecraft to outlive Earth by at least a trillion years.
What the Voyager space probes can teach humanity about immortality as they sail for trillions of years

By James Edward Huchingson Published

Both Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, carry little pieces of humanity in the form of their Golden Records.

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Voyager 1 glitch? Strange signals from venerable probe has NASA baffled

By Meghan Bartels Published

Spending 45 years traversing the solar system really does a number on a spacecraft.

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Voyager 1 discovers faint plasma 'hum' in interstellar space

By Rahul Rao Published

Voyager 1 continues to make discoveries, most recently catching the signature of interstellar space itself, a faint plasma "hum" scientists compared to gentle rain.

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