It's Official! Voyager 1 Spacecraft Has Left Solar System

Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 13:30 in Astronomy & Space

A probe from Earth has taken its first steps in interstellar space. After streaking through space for nearly 35 years, NASA's robotic Voyager 1 probe finally left the solar system in August 2012, a study published today in the journal Science reports.

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