The Allen Telescope Array in California detected signal from the Voyager 1 probe, the NASA satellite launched 45 year ago that is currently speeding toward the outer edges of the solar system, way beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Launched in September 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft flew by Jupiter in 1979 and then Saturn in late 1980. In August 2012, it crossed the heliopause and became the first in situ probe of the very local interstellar medium. Now, using data from the Plasma Wave System on Voyager 1, a team of researchers from Cornell University and the University of Iowa has detected very weak plasma wave emission in the interstellar medium.
The classic 1979 sci-fi horror film “Alien” was advertised with the memorable tagline, “In space no can hear you scream.” It did not say anything about humming.
Voyager 1 continues to observe the farthest corners of the solar system—but it may not for long.
Launched 42 years ago, the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes are now exploring the outer realms of our solar system. Sadly, the end of the mission is now firmly in sight, but NASA has a plan to keep the probes operational for as long as possible before their power finally runs out.
Humanity’s most far-flung spacecraft, NASA’s 41-year-old Voyager 1, has poked a hole in a long-shot theory of dark matter.
The lightning struck more than twice.
Voyager 1 has reached the end, ladies and gentlemen.
After traveling for 37 years, Voyager I is recording pulses from the sun that confirm it has entered a different region near the edge of the solar system called interstellar space.
Stars with ‘pale blue marbles’ orbiting them will probably harbor habitable planets.
