Tag: Nature Astronomy
NASA probe Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space after 42 years
NASA Voyager 2 has reported back with its initial cosmic findings – a year after becoming the second man-made object to “leave” the Solar System. The probe blasted off from Earth 42 years ago – 16 days before its twin spacecraft, Voyager 1 – and crossed the outer edge of the Sun’s protective bubble, known…
Astronomers uncover 3 ‘exoplanets’ 73 light years away
Scientists say they have discovered three new 'exoplanets' outside our solar system which orbit a star situated 73 light years away from Earth. The trio are among the smallest and nearest exoplanets known to date, discovered using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which was sent into space in 2018 with the aim of finding…
