Voyager 1

...we? Just a lonely nano-speck on a lonely speck? Mellinger's photos reminded me of this one: In 1990, and 3.7 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 took our picture. We are, as scientist Carl Sagan poetically titled the photograph, the "pale...

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...in various planets and comets. Also noted, the current positions held by spacecrafts like the Pioneer10 and robotic probes such as Voyager 1, along with current expeditions including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Messenger...

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...launched in 1977, traveled to the outer solar system to explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. In 2007, Voyager 2 followed Voyager 1 into the interstellar boundary. Both spacecraft are now in the midst of this region where the...

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...we thought we know a lot about this region, the edge of the heliosphere," McComas says. The Voyager 1 craft in 2004 (Science News: 1/3/04, p. 7) and the Voyager 2 craft in 2007 (Science News: 8/2/08, p. 7) journeyed to opposite sides of this...

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...we thought we know a lot about this region, the edge of the heliosphere," McComas says. The Voyager 1 craft in 2004 (SN: 1/3/04, p. 7) and the Voyager 2 craft in 2007 (SN: 8/2/08, p. 7) journeyed to opposite sides of this fringe region of the...

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...on the bottom shows the relative distances in interstellar space, and the current positions of our most distant spacecrafts, such as the Voyager 1 and Pioneer 10. However, the most persuasive part is the nice visual accumulation of fly paths...

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...been exploring the solar system's boundary since 2004 and 2007, respectively. (Related: "Voyager Probes Send Surprises From Solar System's Edge.") Voyager data, taken from specific regions within the boundary zone, had offered no hint...

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...- all the planets seen together from the outside. But for all their scientific value, it is the symbolism that makes Voyager truly special. Voyager 1 represents the furthest any human-made object has gone from Earth - currently around 10...

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...Intelligence, or SETI, is 50 years old this month. We look at 10 memorable events in the search for life on other planets. In 2015, Voyager 1 will become the first man-made object to leave the solar system Photo: NASA SETI was founded...

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...mission completed, Voyager 2 continued on to make observations of Uranus and Neptune, while Voyager 1 hightailed it toward the edge of the solar system. Voyager 2's flyby of Triton was the spacecraft's last contact with a major heavenly body...

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