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Dec 11, 2018
Voyager 2 can finally probe the rarified plasma surrounding our solar system
It's now one of two working spacecraft in interstellar space.
Jun 5, 2018
NASA is sending a spacecraft to investigate the ‘bubble’ that protects our solar system
You map, IMAP, we all map.
Jun 29, 2013
Voyager 1 Entered Weird Region In Space Last Summer
New papers describe an unexpected boundary region at the edge of the influence of the Sun.
Mar 21, 2013
Is Voyager 1 Finally Out Of The Solar System? Not Quite
It certainly is in strange new territory, though.
Jun 18, 2012
Voyager 1, Moving Ever Closer to Solar System’s Edge, Hit By Rapidly Increasing Amounts of Cosmic Rays
It's perched on the very edge of the solar system, and new data is the strangest yet
Feb 1, 2012
For the First Time, Human-Made Probe Samples Atoms From Beyond the Solar System
A small Earth-orbiting probe has sampled the interstellar wind for the first time, detecting four types of atoms that originated … Continued
Sep 26, 2011
Space Weather Is Worsening; Could Mean Risk for Astronauts and Delay Manned Mars Missions
The hibernating sun leaves humans unprotected
Jun 16, 2011
Voyager 1 Might Leave the Solar System Any Day Now, New Data Says
It was not projected to happen until 2014
Jun 9, 2011
Approaching Solar System’s Edge, Voyager Probes Detect A Foamy Sea of Magnetic Bubbles
A frothy moat, not a shield, protects us from cosmic rays
Dec 15, 2010
Voyager 1 Arrives at the Outward Reaches of the Solar Wind, Prepares To Enter Interstellar Space
It is the furthest-flung manmade object ever
