Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space, becomes second to leave the heliosphere

Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space, becomes second to leave the heliosphere

​University of Iowa researchers have reported on November 4, 2019, that the spacecraft Voyager 2 has entered the interstellar medium (ISM), the region of space outside the heliosphere or the protective bubble particles and magnetic fields produced by the Sun….

Sun sends more ‘tsunami waves’ to Voyager 1

Sun sends more ‘tsunami waves’ to Voyager 1

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a new "tsunami wave" from the sun as it sails through interstellar space. Such waves are what led scientists to the conclusion, in the fall of 2013, that Voyager had indeed left our sun's bubble, entering a n

Pale Blue Dot – Image of planet Earth taken in 1990 by Voyager 1

Pale Blue Dot – Image of planet Earth taken in 1990 by Voyager 1

The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from a distance of about 6 billion km (3.7 billion miles) from Earth, as part of the solar system Family Portrait series of images.