NASA Voyager Spacecraft Proves Scientists Wrong After Making Unexpected Contact
NASA’s Voyagers 1 and 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977 and currently the two most distant human-made objects in space, have been mistaken in their contact with Earth. The agency announced recently that the two probes, now located approximately 13.7 billion miles away, had sent back signals that suggested they had actually made contact with a probe closer to home.
NASA just announced that its Voyager 1 and 2, the first probes to explore interstellar space, have been mistaken in their contact with Earth. After traveling 13.7 billion miles from Earth, the probes sent back signals that suggested they had made contact with a probe closer to home. Scientists and engineers have been working hard to investigate the source of the signals, and now they can confirm that the signals were not received from Voyager 1 or 2. Instead, the signals seem to have been generated by a probe located in the outer solar system. This mistake is a reminder of just how far away these probes are and how important it is for us to keep track of them.
source: Phys.org