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Voyager Space Probe Reaches Interstellar Space
Sounds transmitted by Voyager I have convinced NASA scientists it has reached interstellar space after 36 years and 12 billion miles -- an enormous achievement for human kind. But that doesn't mean it has left the solar system and the influence of the Sun. Phil Plait is an astronomer who writes the "Bad Astronomer" blog for Slate.com .
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readSounds transmitted by Voyager I have convinced NASA scientists it has reached interstellar space after 36 years and 12 billion miles -- an enormous achievement for human kind. But that doesn't mean it has left the solar system and the influence of the Sun. Phil Plait is an astronomer who writes the "Bad Astronomer" blog for Slate.com.
