interstellar

NASA powered down Voyager 1's LECP instrument on April 17, 2026 to extend the interstellar probe's life by about a year while engineers prepare a more ambitious power-saving overhaul.

Six months of observations of the third interstellar object ever detected have uncovered water, methane, and hydrogen cyanide in its coma--and a Jupiter flyby on March 16 could yield the closest-ever look at an interstellar visitor.