Interstellar

The engineering team operating the Voyager 1 spacecraft — NASA’s robotic planetary explorer currently zooming through interstellar space — is trying to figure out why the spacecraft is sending back data readouts that don’t match what the vehicle is actually doing. It’s a mystery that does not seem to be putting the Voyager 1 spacecraft in any immediate jeopardy, but NASA is trying to figure it out nonetheless. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 has been exploring the cosmos for nearly half a century. It has a twin, Voyager 2,…

NASA's Voyager 1 is continuing its journey beyond our Solar System, 45 years after it was launched. But now the veteran spacecraft is sending back strange data, puzzling its engineers.  NASA said on Wednesday that while the probe is still operating properly, readouts from its attitude articulation and control system – AACS for short – don't seem to match the spacecraft's movements and orientation, suggesting the craft is confused about its location in space.The AACS is essential for Voyager to send NASA data about its…

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope's Infrared Array Camera achieved great feats for the American Space agency. The retired observatory has captured several spectacular images of the deep space until recently. It was the first of its kind to provide high-resolution images of the near- and mid-infrared universe. And, now, we are glad that it has received a worthy successor. We are referring to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. One of the four instruments placed on this telescope has delivered an image of a portion of the sky…