Voyager 1 and 2
NASA Uses Powerful Transmitters to Talk to Deep Space Spacecraft. Will Other Civilizations Receive Those Signals?
In a recent study submitted to the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, a pair of researchers from…
Game of Probes: The First Probe Sent to Another Civilization Won’t Be the First to Arrive
If we ever detect an Extraterrestrial Civilization (ETC) and start communicating with them, the messages could take years, decades, or…
Edward Stone Has Been the Voyagers’ Project Scientist for 50 Years. He Just Retired
Edward Stone is retiring after 50 years as Project Scientist for the Voyager mission. The twin spacecraft revolutionized our understanding…
NASA has Figured Out How to Extend the Lives of the Voyagers Even Longer
Voyagers 1 and 2 have the distinction of being in space for 42 years and still operating. And even though…
Voyager and Pioneer’s Grand Tour of the Milky Way
A new study takes a look at where the Voyager and Pioneer probes might one day venture to as they…
Saturn is Losing its Rings, Fast. They Could be Gone Within 100 Million Years
According to new research based on data obtained by the Cassini probe, Saturn's rings could be gone within 100 million…
Finally! Voyager 2 is Now in Interstellar Space
The Voyager 2 recently crossed the outer boundary of the heliosphere, where it joins the Voyager 1 spacecraft in interstellar…
NASA Voyager Probes Still Going Strong After 40 Years
The Voyager probes, humanity's longest-running and farthest-reaching missions, are celebrating their 40th anniversaries this summer!
What Will the Voyager Spacecraft Encounter Next? Hubble Helps Provide a Roadmap
The twin Voyager spacecraft are now making their way through the interstellar medium. Even though they are going where none…
Prof. Lubin Wants to Send Our Digital Selves to the Stars
Prof. Lupin of UCSB recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to create "Voices of Humanity", a project aimed at equipping all…