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After 44 years of travel, Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object in space May 12, 2021 An undated artists concept shows NASAs Voyager 1 spacecraft, the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. PHOTO: REUTERS The classic 1979 sci-fi horror film "Alien" was advertised with the memorable tagline, "In space, no can hear you scream." It did not say anything about humming. Instruments aboard NASAs Voyager 1 spacecraft, which nine years ago exited our solar systems outer r...

A representative image of Voyager-1 travelling through interstellar space. (Source: Nasa) When Voyager-1 was launched on September 5, 1977, the team that worked on the probe had no idea that even after four decades, the spacecraft would still be sending critical data pings and that too from beyond the Solar System. Now in interstellar space, the area beyond the magnetic bubble inflated by our Sun, Voyagers data is revealing what that new frontier is like. A study published in Nature Astronomy r...

NASA/JPL-Caltech NASAs Voyager 1 probe has detected a faint, constant hum in the space beyond our solar system. When charged gas ripples through interstellar space, those ripples emit a detectable vibration. The Voyager 1 spacecraft left Earth more than 40 years ago and entered interstellar space in 2012. More than 14 billion miles from Earth, NASAs Voyager 1 spacecraft is listening to the background music of interstellar space. The probe, which launched more than ...

02 May 2021, 09:05 pm (Photo : Screenshot From Commons.Wikipedia.org) SpaceX Starlink 26th Satellite Batch KYC Launch: Heres How to Watch It Live For those well aware of whats happening in the skies, there are launches after launches after launches all trying to accomplish different things. One of these launches isnt technically for exploring outer space but rather for improving the internet connection on Earth! Upcoming Space Flights 2021 The Kennedy Space Center or KYC space center as well as...

18 April 2021, 9:35 pm EDT By NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Plans First Ever Aerial Hover on Mars: How to Watch  ( Screenshot From Commons.Wikipedia.org ) NASAs more popular Ingenuity helicopter is now slated to try out the first-ever powered flight on yet another world at 3:30AM ET this Monday. The popular twin-blade rotorcraft will attempt ascending 10 feet above the g...

But even then it didnt act like a comet. No carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, or dust was seen, which are very common in comets. On top of all that, it was brightening and dimming with a regular period, indicating it wasnt spherical (and as it tumbled we saw a different geometry reflecting sunlight back to us). Thats common enough, but it must have been a really weird shape to explain the extreme change in brightness seen, either shaped like a pancake or a cigar! Lots of attempts were made to ex...

Astronomers have detected how many interstellar objects may be visiting our solar system, in a recent study. The research conducted by Cornell University shows interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system can be directly observed by Earth-based telescopes and potentially explored at close range by spacecraft. The aim of the study was to find additional ISOs and planning missions to intercept or rendezvous with these bodies will greatly benefit from the knowledge of their likely...

Artist impression of Kelt-9 b, the orange blob orbiting a blue star. | Léa Changeat, Author provided Until the early 2000s, the only known planets were located in our own neighbourhood, the Solar System. They broadly form two categories: the small rocky planets in the inner Solar System and the cold gaseous planets located in the outer part. With the discovery of exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, additional classes of planets were discovered and a new p...

‘Exotic Molecules, Ions and Vacuum of Interstellar Space’ to be FORNL topic Special to The Oak Ridger Robert N. Compton Sr., Oak Ridge National Laboratory corporate fellow emeritus and University of Tennessee professor emeritus, will speak to Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory about “Exotic Molecules, Ions and Vacuum of Interstellar Space” virtually on Zoom at noon Tuesday, Feb. 9. The interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the vacuum between the star...

Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity profoundly changed our thinking about fundamental concepts in physics, such as space and time. But it also left us with some deep mysteries. One was black holes, which were only unequivocally detected over the past few years. Another was “wormholes” – bridges connecting different points in spacetime, in theory providing shortcuts for space travellers. Wormholes are still in the realm of the imagination. But some scientists think we will so...