The Voyager spacecraft, on a decades-long journey of exploration, have made an unusual discovery at the edge of our solar system. They’ve detected a layer of hot plasma at the solar system’s boundary, ...

Decades after its launch, NASA’s Voyager spacecraft has made a startling discovery at the edge of our solar system. The probe has detected a “wall of fire” characterized by extreme temperatures ...

(CNN) — NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a computer glitch that’s causing a bit of a communication breakdown between the 46-year-old probe and its mission team on Earth. Engineers are ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The 47-year-old ...

After almost 50 years in deep space, NASA's Voyager probes have more than their fair share of glitches. Still, it's worth it to keep these spacecraft operational—they are the only eyes we have outside ...

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Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. The probe now has two of its original ten science instruments still in operation. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, are the ...

Contrary to its name, Voyager 2 was the first of the vehicles launched into space first in Aug. 20 1977 from Florida. Its twin probe, Voyager 1, launched two weeks later on Sept. 5. At more than 15 ...