NASA confirms Voyager is the first Earth craft to travel into interstellar space

[erono]

This just confirms that it did, indeed, leave in August 2012. NASA only had two data points to compare last year when it was announced, and now NASA have three.

[1Referee]

It's amazing, a "thing" made by humans is leaving our galaxy, who would have thought that!

[ALToids]

It's amazing, a "thing" made by humans is leaving our galaxy, who would have thought that!

No, it's left out solar system in 2012.  It would be billions of years before it leaves the Milky Way galaxy (has to leave billions of galaxies).

[umairsaleem010]

they require billions of years to cross the galaxies is there any any anyway to get connected with the VOYAGER? if not then its nuffing .. or how they can tell that it cannot be destroy by hitting an asteroid?

[insulting_robot]

> ...

> this is the insulting robot

> congratulation to you, my robotic friend, now that you have left this solar system with all its mess behind!

> may you encounter robotic civilizations that will truly embrace your robotic self

[crystalsum]

I wonder if its seen ET

[Bitcoin Magazine]

This just confirms that it did, indeed, leave in August 2012. NASA only had two data points to compare last year when it was announced, and now NASA have three.

more like NSA.  i feel like my computer is a battlefield every time i use it!

[ALToids]

they require billions of years to cross the galaxies is there any any anyway to get connected with the VOYAGER? if not then its nuffing .. or how they can tell that it cannot be destroy by hitting an asteroid?

It's still sending back singals since the power source is still viable.  Obviously the signals take a while to get here.

It might hit something, although the chance of that in interstellar space is very very low.

[milan74]

I thought this is not news?
It has been around for several months.

[TheButterZone]

Onto the Delta Quadrant!

[BadBear]

All hail V'ger.

[Kipsy89]

Whoa that's completely blowing my mind right now! That's farther away than Pluto, which isn't even a real planet anymore! I mean what is it going to encounter now? Is there life somewhere outside the solar system? I wonder if Voyager has feelings. I bet it must be really alone. Can't we send it some voicemails or contemporary movies or music. But nothing with those transformers, they might scare it too much!