NASA Interstellar spacecraft Voyager 1 will reach a distance of one light-day (~16.09 billion miles) on 18 November 2026 at 5:16:07 am EST. More information on the Voyager 1 and […]
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New Horizons Extends Key Observations Of Interstellar Material Slowing The Solar Wind
[SwRI] A new Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) study based on data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has uncovered fascinating insights into why the solar wind gradually slows as it moves […]
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PJ Harvey Announces New Song “Voyager”
[PJ Harvey] announces ‘Voyager’, her first new music following the release of I Inside the Old Year Dying in 2023. Listen and watch the video, and pre-order the limited edition […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Ganymede, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Status Report
Potential Cryovolcanic Regions on Ganymede: A Priority Target for JUICE
One of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission goals of the European Space Agency, launched in 2023 April, is the detailed characterization of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon and a […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Comets and Asteroids, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
SETI Institute Looks for Signs of Technology in Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS
Scientists at the SETI Institute searched for technological signals from 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object observed in our Solar System.
Posted inImaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Space Weather & Heliophysics, Stellar Cartography
Interstellar Spacecraft Voyager 1 Instrument Shut Down to Assure Continued Mission Operations
On April 17 2026, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, […]
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Reflections On The Voyager Record
Editor’s note: In 1977 The twin Voyager spacecraft left Earth. They are now in interstellar space. On board are two records containing imagery and music representing humanity. Below are two […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes, Io, Jupiter, Lava / magma ocean / Volcanic Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Press Release
How Io Became The Most Volcanic Body In Our Solar System
Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of roiling hot magma rather than […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Jupiter, Neptune, Press Release, Saturn, Uranus
Hubble Celebrates A Decade Of Tracking Outer Planets
Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA’s Voyager mission completed humankind’s first close-up exploration of the four giant outer planets of our solar system. Collectively, since their launch in 1977, the twin […]
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NASA JPL Unveils The Dr. Edward Stone Exploration Trail
Family members, colleagues, and local dignitaries gathered on Friday, Dec. 6, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California for the unveiling of a memorial honoring Ed Stone, best known […]