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Scientists have discovered a gigantic, glowing gas of hydrogen gas lurking just 300 light-years away.

Scientists Intrigued by Glowing Cloud Near Our Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have long left the farthest reaches of the solar system. Their plutonium power source is running low.

The Voyager Probes Are Dying

By Victor Tangermann

NASA engineers have pulled off an incredible feat, switching the agency's ancient Voyager 1 probe to a different set of thrusters.

NASA Activates Ancient Thrusters on Voyager 1, the Most Distant Human Object in Existence

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time in five months, NASA's ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back usable data — thanks to some "inventive sleuthing."

NASA’s Ingenious Hack Brings Dying Voyager Probe Back Online

By Victor Tangermann

An engineer with the Deep Space Network figured out a way to decode a mysterious "new signal" coming from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft.

Voyager 1 Sputters Back to Life

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's interstellar Voyager 1 probe is "detecting the faint, persistent hum of interstellar gas" after crossing the heliopause in 2012.

NASA Detects “Hum” Coming From Beyond Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

China’s space agency plans to launch two space probes beyond the solar system, which would make China the second country to reach interstellar space.

China Is Planning an Interstellar Space Mission

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory are testing if we can harness the heat of the Sun to travel to interstellar space.

NASA Tests Experimental Interstellar Propulsion System

By Victor Tangermann

As the Voyager space probes travel farther outside our solar system, they're passing through increasingly dense regions of interstellar space.

New Voyager Readings: Space Is Much Denser Outside Solar System

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Voyager 2, currently in interstellar space billions of miles from Earth, has recovered from a serious glitch it experienced in late January.

Science & Energy

NASA Spacecraft Recovers from Glitch 11.5 Billion Miles From Earth

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that a fiery layer of super-hot plasma marks the transition between our solar system and interstellar space.

Our Solar System Is Blanketed in a Giant Wall of Fire

By Dan Robitzski

A group of researchers are eager to get back to exploring the far reaches of the universe and send a probe on a NASA mission into interstellar space.

Science & Energy

It’s Official: NASA Is Considering an Interstellar Mission

By Victor Tangermann

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space

Science & Energy

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space

By Kristin Houser

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After the Moon and Mars, NASA Wants to Head to Alpha Centauri in 2069

Voyager 1 Just Fired Its Thrusters for the First Time in 37 Years

By Patrick Caughill

A Newly Proposed Space Mission Could Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe

A Newly Proposed Space Mission Could Unlock the Mysteries of the Universe