On 14 February 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft turned its cameras back toward the inner solar system and photographed the planets it had left behind. Among the 60 frames was one that caught Earth: a point of light less than a single pixel across, sitting in a …

Sending a command to Voyager 1 is closer to mailing a letter than placing a phone call. The probe, launched in September 1977, is now roughly 16 billion miles from Earth, heading away from the Sun at roughly 38,000 miles per hour. In November 2026, Voyager 1 …

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