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All Things Considered host Juana Summers joins Regina G. Barber and Berly McCoy to nerd-out on some of the latest science news buzzing around in our brains. They talk NASA shouting across billions of miles of space to reconnect with Voyager 2, the sneaky tactics trumpetfish use to catch their prey and how climate change is fueling big waves along California's coast. What science story do you want to hear next on Short Wave? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.

NASA's Voyager spacecraft zoomed by our solar system's planets decades ago and are now traveling through interstellar space, ultimate destination unknown. Yet the final transmissions from the two deep space craft loom increasingly closer. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, both launched in 1977, were built to last five years. They've now beamed back cosmic information for over 46 years, a feat made possible by a hardy spacecraft and a clever group of NASA engineers. The Voyagers' nucle...

NASA's Voyager mission is nearing half a century of operation. How much longer will the pioneering deep space mission last, and when will we receive our final transmission from the spacecraft?

This week, NASA announced that scientists have determined a way to extend Voyager 2s power supply without shutting down any scientific instruments.

In the abyssal depths of interstellar space, a NASA probe launched from the U.S. in 1977 is still passively exploring the galaxy, returning all data to its makers, here on Earth. Called Voyager 1, the craft is far beyond the heliopause — an invisible "shield" that marks our solar systems border with the rest of the galaxy. Out there, in the interstellar medium, Voyager 1s instruments have detected the haunting hum of interstellar gas — plasma waves moving through a region of space far beyon...