When NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft sailed past Jupiter in 1979, it recorded a stunning and unusual phenomenon—plasma waves as ...

Launched in 1977 and still going strong, Voyager 1 is the ultimate symbol of long-term vision and execution. It's traveled over 14 billion miles - beyond every planet and into deep interstellar space.

The solar wind plasma goes from moving at about 400 kilometers per second (900,000 miles per hour) to being diverted and ...