That interstellar traveler is none other than NASA's Voyager 1, which used its backup radio transmitter, which hasn't been activated since 1981, to send a message back to Earth. The message came after ...

One of NASA’s latest probes is carrying on the grand tradition of blasting humanity’s message out to the cosmos — and this one’s searching for life outside of our pale blue dot. As Gizmodo reports, ...

Nasa is offering people the chance to send their names billions of kilometres into space aboard its next mission to Jupiter. The ‘Message in a Bottle’ initiative will see people’s names engraved on ...

NASA’s Psyche mission is on its way to meet an asteroid that is thought to contain $100,000 quadrillion worth of rare metals. The agency’s Psyche spacecraft won’t reach its target, the asteroid 16 ...

When NASA launches its Europa Clipper mission, scheduled for October 2024, the spacecraft will carry a special surprise aboard alongside its components and instruments: a commemorative plate honoring ...

NASA's unwavering commitment to exploring the stars has led to incredible insight into the stars. In 1997, NASA landed their first rover on our planetary neighbour Mars. Sojourner became the first ...

Why not send it farther? All the way to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. NASA is making it happen for thousands through its Message in a Bottle campaign inviting people around the world to sign their names ...

A laser communications experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission has beamed back a video to Earth from nearly 19 million miles (31 million kilometers) away — and the short clip stars a cat named ...

An illustration of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will head to Jupiter's moon Europa. NASA/JPL-Caltech We collected audio recordings in 103 languages, and we decided how to convert these into ...

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