Voyager 1 Has Left the Solar System, NASA Confirms
But it will be back to find its creator
After 36 years of space travel and months of heated debate among scientists, NASA confirmed Thursday that Voyager 1 has indeed left our solar system and had entered interstellar space more than a year ago.
"Voyager has boldly gone where no probe has gone before, marking one of the most significant technological achievements in the annals of the history of science," said John Grunsfeld, NASA's associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate.
At a Thursday news conference in Washington, D.C., officials said the belated confirmation was based on new "key" evidence involving space plasma density. The evidence was outlined in a paper published online Thursday in the journal Science.
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