Hank tells us three things we probably didn't know about the Voyager 1 spacecraft.

We’ve sent thousands of things into space over the years! Many of them just orbit the Earth, and some are flying out past the edges of the Solar System. In this episode, we present our favorite currently active space probes!

We’ve sent thousands of things into space over the years! Many of them just orbit the Earth, and some are flying out past the edges of the Solar System. In this episode, we present our favorite currently active space probes!

Hank tells us three things we probably didn't know about the Voyager 1 spacecraft.

Insane (for the time) Voyager engineering.

The journey of Voyager I and II beyond the orbit of Neptune.

The sun's magnetic field spins opposite directions on the north and south poles. These oppositely pointing magnetic fields are separated by a layer of current called the heliospheric current sheet. Due to the tilt of the magnetic...

Far, far beyond the orbits of the planets lie the hazy outlines of the magnetic bubble in space that we call home.



This is the heliosphere, the vast bubble that is generated by the Sun’s magnetic field and...

The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, is the first mission designed to map the entire region of the boundary of our Solar System. As charged particles from the Sun, called the "solar wind," flow outward well beyond the orbits...