Before Voyager 1, scientific data on the sun’s gases and material came only from within the heliosphere’s confines, according to Dr. Jamie Rankin, Voyager’s deputy project scientist.

The iconic space probe Voyager 1 was the first man-made object to escape the solar system, traveling at a maximum speed of 38,000 mph for 35 years to accomplish the feat. The probe launched on ...

But then, on April 20, Voyager 1 finally phoned home with legible 0's and legible 1's. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered ...

Voyager 1 is the first spacecraft to travel beyond the solar system and reach interstellar space. The probe launched on Sept. 5, 1977 — about two weeks after its twin Voyager 2 — and as of ...

Voyager 2 is currently in the constellation of Pavo, more than 12.3 billion miles away from Earth, while Voyager 1 is in the constellation of Ophiucus 1 almost 15 billion miles from Earth.

Voyager spacecrafts go beyond the solar system and garner several intriguing insights about the uncharted territory.

NASA engineers have pulled off an incredible feat: switching the agency's ancient Voyager 1 probe — the farthest human-made object in existence — to a different set of thrusters. The feat ...

And Voyager 2—while not yet as far away as Voyager 1—still has operational plans until at least 2026. Don’t forget New Horizons either, whose flyby of Pluto in 2015 fascinated the world .

Linda Spilker has a special relationship with Nasa’s Voyager 1 mission, the space agency’s 1977 mission to the outer planets of the Solar System.She was there 45 years ago, when Voyager 1 ...

After launching into space almost 50 years ago, NASA’s Voyager probes are reaching the end of their lives. The nuclear batteries onboard the two spacecraft are running out of juice, which means ...

After launching into space almost 50 years ago, NASA’s Voyager probes are reaching the end of their lives. The nuclear batteries onboard the two spacecraft are running out of juice, which means ...