The Voyager 2 space probe has successfully entered interstellar space meaning it’s exited our patch of space defined by the Sun and is now hurtling through the empty distance between our solarsystem and the stars
After conducting fly-past observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Urainus and Neptune Voyager II has become the second human-made object after Voyager 1 to leave the Sun’s “heliosphere” - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic field created by the Sun.
The spacecraft’s twin Voyager 1 crossed this boundary in 2012, however Voyager 2 carries working instruments that will transmit scientific readings about interstellar space back to earth - an incredible achievement after 41 years hurtling through space.
Both satellites famously carry a “golden record” which carries information and audio recordings of Planet Earth in case the space probes are discovered by intelligent life amongst the stars.
The news of Voyager 2 entering it’s next phase is not only significant to the scientific community, providing new data about what lies outside our solarsystem but it’s inspired generations of star-gazers and dreamers alike; carrying a little piece of humanity to the stars.
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