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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Voyager gets an 'alien's eye' view of the solar system as probe reaches outer limits

  • 'Shouldn't have long to wait to find out what space between stars is like'
  • Probe enters 'stagnation zone' 11 billion miles from sun
  • Batteries will last until 2020 - allowing vehicle to enter 'interstellar space'

More than three decades after launching, NASA’s workhorse spacecraft is inching closer to leaving the solar system behind.

Currently 11 billion miles away from the sun, Voyager 1 has been exploring the fringes of the solar system since 2004.

On Monday, the spacecraft entered a new region, known as the 'stagnation zone' - an area close to the very edge of our solar system, affording the first-ever 'alien's eye' view of our planet.

Nasa's Voyager spacecraft is reaching the outer limits of the solar system - an area known as the 'stagnation' zone

Nasa's Voyager spacecraft is reaching the outer limits of the solar system - an area known as the 'stagnation' zone

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2070667/NASA-Voyager-spacecraft-gets-aliens-eye-view-solar-system.html

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