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The Washington Post: NASA spacecraft sends back signal from most distant object humans have ever explored

I can’t wait until tomorrow to see the high resolution images! “I don’t know about you, but I’m really liking 2019 so far,” the mission’s principal investigator, Alan Stern, joked at a press briefing after the signal was acquired. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/12/31/most-distant-space-encounter-history-is-happening-now/

Voyager 2 Has Left Our Solar System

For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. Now slightly more than 11 billion miles (18 bil. km) from Earth, @NASAVoyager 2 has now left the Sun's protective bubble & is flying in interstellar space: https://t.co/zRnhiaJqGS #AGU18 pic.twitter.com/Zzncki4GKB — NASA (@NASA) December 10, 2018 The @NASAVoyager 2 […]