16 MINUTES AGO: Voyager 1 Just Made A Terrifying Discovery And Turned Back To Earth

16 MINUTES AGO: Voyager 1 Just Made A Terrifying Discovery And Turned Back To Earth

18 minutes ago, Voyager 1 got a horrifying message spelling disaster for humanity. Launched over 40 years ago, Voyager 1 has traveled farther than any other spacecraft into vast, unknown, and uncharted space. The strange, eerie sounds it detected are even more intriguing, shattering space's silence and hinting at unknown puzzles. Why should we stop exploring space altogether after this horrible sign? Let us explore why we have to prepare for this incoming danger 15.1 billion miles away from home.

The latest news from this unexplored part of space, which Voyager 1 sent back to Earth, has everyone feeling uneasy. To really get what these discoveries mean for our solar system, let’s rewind and look at the big moment when Voyager 1 was launched into space. Getting the whole story might help us see just how much this spacecraft has achieved.

We should also talk about a guy named Gary Flandro. He’s a big reason why these spacecraft were able to go on their missions. Flandro’s story begins when he got a job where his task was to work out how to use the gravity of planets to help spacecraft move faster and change directions. This trick is called gravity assist. It’s like using a planet's pull as a slingshot to speed up and steer a spacecraft. Flandro first used this idea for the Mariner 10, which flew by Venus and Mercury. After that success, his bosses wondered if the same trick could work for travels to farther planets like Jupiter or Neptune. Flandro got to work, figuring out where each planet would be and when. This was important for planning the best route. It wasn’t long before he discovered something pretty big that would help everyone.