Voyager

Artist's impression of one of the Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA will shut down instruments on Voyager spacecrafts to save power

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On February 24, 2025, the radiation sensor system on Voyager 1 was shut down, and on March 24, the same system will be shut down on Voyager 2.
Carl Sagan extends his palms to the universe, an attempt at creating an image using artificial intelligence.

Carl Sagan's scientific legacy goes far beyond the Cosmos series

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From the revolutionary astronomical achievements to the social activism and inspiration for generations of scientists - how Carl Sagan shaped science and our understanding of the universe.
Illustration of the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Voyager 1 activated engines that had been dormant for 37 years

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Amalthea as photographed by one of the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1979. Source: NASA/Calvin J. Hamilton.

On Amalthea, a month of Jupiter

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Global map of Ganymede. Photo: US Geological Survey (USGS) and Johns Hopkins University

Ganymede on the map

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Another angle of view of the meteor that hit Russia on Friday, 15/2/2013, from a YouTube video

The events of 2013 in science: the meteorite impact in Russia; The skull in Georgia; home-printed gun;

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Image of the moon Triton as processed from Voyager 2 photographs

Triton-Moon of Neptune Summary of findings

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Ganymede - Jupiter's moon - summary of findings

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Callisto. Photo: NASA

Callisto-Moon of Jupiter

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The IBEX spacecraft will explore the edges of the solar system

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Contrary to expectations, the bubble around the solar system is not round

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Voyager spacecraft have crossed the boundary of the solar system

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