Flashback 1977: NASA’s Voyager 1 Lifts Off Toward an Interstellar Journey
On September 5, 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft lifted off atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,…
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Hear the Eerie Sounds of Interstellar Space Captured by NASA’s Voyager
As NASA’s Voyager 1 Surveys Interstellar Space, Its Density Measurements Are Making Waves In the sparse collection of atoms that fills interstellar space, Voyager 1…
In the Emptiness of Space 14 Billion Miles Away, Voyager I Detects “Hum” From Plasma Waves
Voyager 1 — one of two sibling NASA spacecraft launched 44 years ago and now the most distant human-made object in space — still works…
NASA’s Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years, Extends the Mission
If you tried to start a car that’s been sitting in a garage for decades, you might not expect the engine to respond. But a…
New IBEX Observations Determine the Strength of the Magnetic Field Outside the Heliosphere
A newly published study uses IBEX data and simulations of the interstellar boundary to better describe space in our galactic neighborhood. Immediately after its 2008…
NASA’s Voyager 1 Continues to Help Solve the Interstellar Medium Mystery
Data from NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft show that the direction of the magnetic field has been slowly turning ever since the spacecraft crossed into interstellar…
New Research Reveals Two Solar Wind Jets in the Heliosphere
New research shows that the heliosphere is dominated by two giant jets of material shooting backwards over the north and south poles of the sun,…
NASA’s Voyager 1 Experiences Three “Tsunami Waves” in Interstellar Space
New data show that the shock wave that NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft began experiencing in February 2014 is still propagating outward. It is the longest-lasting…
New Data Confirms That Voyager 1 Is in Interstellar Space
New Data from another “tsunami wave” generated by our sun confirms that NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is in interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has…
NASA Image of the Day – Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Viewed by Voyager I
This NASA image of the day shows Jupiter’s Great Red Spot assembled from three black and white negatives from NASA’s Voyager 1. At about 89,000…
IBEX Explores the Magnetic System Beyond the Solar Wind
Newly published research uses IBEX data to paint a better picture of the magnetic system that surrounds us, offering an explanation for a decades-old mystery…
Voyager 1 Presents the “Sounds” of Interstellar Space
A new ScienceCast video answers the question, what does interstellar space sound like? As Voyager 1 recedes from the solar system, researchers are listening for…
It’s Official – Voyager 1 Has Entered Interstellar Space
A newly published study has confirmed that the 36-year-old NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft has left our solar system and has entered interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager…
Voyager 1 Enters Interstellar Space
In a newly published study, UMD scientists state that Voyager 1 has left our solar system and has entered interstellar space, contradicting recent papers by…
NASA Responds to Voyager News, Gives Update on Voyager 1 Location
In response to the newly released study that suggests Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space, NASA has released a statement stating that Voyager 1 has…
Has Voyager 1 Reached Interstellar Space? Study Provides Details of Drastic Changes in Radiation Levels
A newly published study details the drastic changes in radiation levels experienced by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft on August 25, 2012, possibly showing that Voyager…
Voyager 1 Enters “Magnetic Highway,” The Final Area before Interstellar Space
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft entered a magnetic highway for charged particles, the final region before it reaches interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered…
NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Operating at Coldest Temperature Ever
In hope that NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft will be able to transmit data through 2025, NASA has decided they need to further reduce its power…
