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The Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in full operation after months of problems
Voyager 1, the farthest human-made spacecraft from Earth, has all four scientific instruments operational again! This good news was announced by NASA this week. This means the agency is once again receiving data on plasma waves, polar fields and particles in space from Voyager 1. Previously, in November, Voyager 1 stopped sending accurate data. Troubleshooting […]
NASA’s goal of conquering the Sun
Our sun is the best-studied star in the universe. However, there is a big mystery that remains unsolved. The Sun’s surface is about 6,000 degrees Celsius, but its outermost layer of atmosphere, called the corona, is incredibly hotter – about 1 million degrees Celsius. The corona can be seen as a halo surrounding the shadow […]