Voyager Gon' Voyaging

     The Voyager 1 Probe has escaped the solar system's limits and has gone into interstellar space. Yet, this is only one of the many “firsts” that the probe has marked down in its book. Other accomplishments include: discovering that Jupiter’s moon Io had active volcanoes, that Jupiter had rings, the basic “nature” of Saturn’s rings, and that the Gas Giants had more moons than previously thought… the Voyager has a lot of titles under its belt!      It was launched alongside sister probe Voyager 2 in 1977. But, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Voyager 1 location was disputed until earlier this week. You see, they knew the location of the probe so far out into space because of the amount of plasma data the probe was sending back. Once the tests showed that the amount of plasma had sufficiently dropped, they knew that the probe had entered interstellar space. But the probe won’t technically leave the solar system until it passes through the Oort Cloud, where most comets originate. Good luck to the Voyager 1 probe, and we hope it doesn't get hit by a comet!

-Kevin Brown

Other Credits: The Christian Science Monitor