5, 2018. It is currently 12.8 billion miles (20.5 billion kilometers) from Earth and is using four science instruments to study space beyond the heliosphere, the sun's bubble of influence around ...
“No other human-made spacecraft has operated in interstellar space, the region outside the heliosphere.” The plasma experiment consisted of a set of four “cups,” or plasma ...
NASA has decided to turn off one of Voyager 2’s five remaining instruments—yet another sign that the space probes may be nearing the end of their historic missions. In an October 1 announcement, the ...