Voyager

How can we still talk to Voyager 2, even though it’s billions of miles away?

In 2018, Voyager 2 became only the second human-made object to enter the space between the stars.
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The art and music on the Voyager Golden Record

The probes from the Voyager programme are now somewhere out in interstellar space, along with the two golden records they carry. Writer Jonathan Scott takes a deeper look at the grooves in NASA’s LPs.
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The Voyager mission and our Pale Blue Dot: How the most famous picture in science came to be

One of the Voyager’s founding scientists Garry Hunt tells us about the idea behind the image, how it shaped his life and how NASA has changed since the photo’s creation 30 years ago.
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Exploring the interstellar void

How the twin probes will tackle a mission they were never built for.
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Voyager 2 sends back first signal from interstellar space

The spacecraft, which became the second man-made object to leave the Solar System, is in the realm of stars.
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Everything you need to know about the Voyager mission

The Voyager space probes will outlast our Sun as they travel through interstellar space – here are the key facts and figures we’ve learned in these past 40 years.
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47 images from the Voyager Golden Record

Beyond our Solar System the Voyager 1 spacecraft carries a message to extra-terrestrial intelligence - here are some of the images on board.
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Mission timeline: Voyager’s landmark moments

From its launch in 1977 to becoming the first man-made object to leave the Solar System, the Voyager probes have made some incredible discoveries along their journey through space.
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Mind-blowing things we learned watching the new Voyager film The Farthest

The Voyager missions has made an incredible impact on our understanding of the Solar System, but also on the hearts and minds of the people involved in the mission. This is wonderfully expressed in the new movie The Farthest – here are some of the amazing things we discovered.
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Voyager mission 40th anniversary special

Join us on a mission through the Solar System and out into interstellar space as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Voyager mission launch.
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The making of the Voyager Golden Record

Still flying through and beyond our Solar System, the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes carry aboard with them a Golden Record, demonstrating the life and culture of planet Earth – see images of this iconic time capsule being made in 1977.
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Voyager 1: a brief history of the interstellar spacecraft

Launched into space in 1977 to study the outer planets, Voyager 1 has become the first man-made object to leave the Solar System. To celebrate its incredible achievement, we look back at the highlights of its epic journey.
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What is the weirdest thing sent to space?

Over the years we’ve blasted some strange objects into the night sky.
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Science history: the Wow! signal, Voyager 2 and the Demon Core

This week in science history we look at some of the events that shook the world of science, technology and nature including the mystery of the Wow! signal
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A message to the stars

Should we be broadcasting our existence potential alien life? Not everyone thinks it’s a good idea, but that doesn't mean we haven't already done it...
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