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After months of sending gibberish to NASA, Voyager 1 is finally making sense again
By Sascha Pare published
NASA's Voyager 1 probe has resumed sending usable data back to Earth after engineers fixed a computer error that caused the interstellar spacecraft to only transmit gibberish for five months.
NASA engineers discover why Voyager 1 is sending a stream of gibberish from outside our solar system
By Ben Turner published
Voyager 1 has been sending a stream of garbled nonsense since November. Now NASA engineers have identified the fault and found a potential workaround.
NASA's Voyager 1 sends readable message to Earth after 4 nail-biting months of gibberish
By Emily Cooke published
After four months of being unable to detect comprehensible data from the Voyager 1 spacecraft, NASA scientists have had fresh luck after sending a "poke."
NASA's Voyager 1 probe hasn't 'spoken' in 3 months and needs a 'miracle' to save it
By Joanna Thompson published
A communications glitch is preventing NASA's Voyager 1 probe — the farthest spacecraft from Earth in history — from sending home data, and mission scientists are growing concerned.
NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe is no longer transmitting data
By Josh Dinner published
NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe can only transmit binary gobbledygook following a computer glitch that could take weeks to fix.
Master copy of the Voyager Golden Record, designed as an audio postcard for intelligent aliens, is up for auction
By Brandon Specktor published
Carl Sagan's personal copy of the Voyager Golden Record contains 27 pieces of music and 22 minutes of sound meant to capture the beauty of life on Earth.
Voyager 1 sends strange signals from beyond the solar system. Scientists are confused.
By Meghan Bartels published
NASA's Voyager 1 space probe sent a confusing signal back to Earth, suggesting the craft doesn't know where it's located.
Jupiter: Facts about the king of the planets
By Adam Mann published
Reference Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, with moons, rings and beautiful clouds.
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