Voyager Sent Final Images from Space. What Did It Find ?

traveling through space for more than 45 years Voyager 1 and 2 could be going through a midlife crisis living their way through loneliness reaching Enlightenment or simply be waiting to die we just can't tell all we can say is that they are no less Veterans for Humanity they are still roaming through the cosmos recording the interstellar space and sending fresh data to Earth [Music] from the pale blue dot to the Eerie snaps of Neptune Voyager gave us a lot to ponder question is Are the Voyages in search of extraterrestrial life what did it see through its journey in outer space and what are the most mysterious images voyages sent that you will never see [Music] we all know about the golden record and the spacecraft carrying a message from all Humanity this one consists of greetings music albums and pictures depicting life on Earth while there is no current proof of extraterrestrial life outside of our planet we can say Folks at Nasa had this Prospect in mind while launching the spacecraft they don't run on gas like your car or are powered by solar energy today the spacecraft is 23 billion 809 million 844 523 kilometers away from Earth they actually rely on something called radioisotope thermoelectric generators RTG for their energy which turns heat from the decay of a radioactive material into electricity to power the spacecraft since Voyager 1 turned off all its essential functions mid-flight it is estimated that the spacecraft can still survive a few more years this is exactly how our planet would look like a billion miles away from the Sun this dot was photographed on February 14 1990 when Voyager 1 was officially leaving the solar system and going past Neptune at a distance of 6 billion kilometers from the Sun our vast Planet just appeared as a small dot hardly visible among the Rays the Earth wasn't the only planet that made this iconic photo other family members of the solar system also appeared as Tiny specks Venus Neptune Saturn Jupiter and Uranus were all made into the photographs you see due to their position in the sky some family members like Mars Mercury and Pluto were left behind the spacecraft took over 60 photos from The Horizon that were later organized with great care to prepare the first ever family portrait of our solar system we won't Bore You by showing them all but if you are interested to see they all can be found on NASA's official website NASA's jet propulsion laboratory was handed the task to arrange these mysterious photos and transfer them into a sizable portrait and when the experts spread the entire Mosaic on the walls it covered over 20 feet the bummer here is that NASA powered off Voyager 1's camera after this incident the reason behind this decision is simple NASA believed that Voyager 1 would require a lot of energy once it enters into Stellar space the cameras were turned off forever and ever Voyager 1 during its close encounter with Jupiter discovered that its Moon IO has several erupting volcanoes scattered all across the surface the main reason for this humongous volcanic activity on the moon is its abnormal gravitational pull that stretches the inner core and makes the rocks turn into magma the eruption was also observed recently in the fall of 2022 using the i o input output Observatory by planetary science institute's senior scientist Jeff morgenthaler Voyager 1 was able to take several photos of the erupting volcano spewing materials far into space this is the first time scientists discovered evidence of volcanic activity in our solar system IO moon has more than 400 volcanoes and over 150 of them are active at present to compare there are about 1 350 potential active volcanoes on Earth IO is the most chaotic moon in our solar system with volcanic activity happening almost every one and a half years take a look at these pictures what you are looking at on your screen is a volcano on one of the moons of Jupiter and its name is Loki Patera named as Loki Patera an ancient mythical god known for his cunning and mischievous nature and finally thought exactly like Loki in Marvel movies I am Loki of Asgard Nessa also found that this particular volcano was rather unpredictable initial studies found that it erupted every 540 days and later studies showed it bursting magma after 475 days so while it follows a schedule Loki can often deviate from it validating its unpredictable nature just like Loki from Marvel another big discovery that Voyager 1 made was the evidence of thin Rings present around Jupiter while Saturn features a solid set of rings circling around the planet Jupiter's rings are rather thin and hard to notice and it's one of the only reasons many people still believe that Saturn is the only planet with ring in our solar system before the Rings were discovered in 1979 by Voyager 1 scientists too believed that only Saturn had rings NASA had sent Galileo into space to study Jupiter before but it failed to notice the Rings unlike Saturn's rings Jupiter's Rings consist of One Main and one in a cloud-like ring these bodies are made up of dust and ice and are so thin that it's impossible to detect them through a telescope scientists estimated that these Rings begin almost 60 000 miles from the center point of the planet and may have resulted in the aftermath of a collision between ice dust and smaller moons so what's so special about discovering industry well to be honest it gives us an insight into how our solar system may have been built billions of years ago when it was just a dust and gas in space while studying Jupiter Voyager 1 discovered two smaller moons that scientists didn't know about orbiting near IO are the two smaller moons called vape and metis metis was discovered in 1979 by the Voyager team you can see the two tiny structures in the picture orbiting close to the planet both metis and thabe have irregular shapes because they do not have the mass or composition to form a proper sphere the pictures of metas uncovered various important facts for example metis orbits only 262 000 miles away from the main planet but strangely it didn't seem to be bothered by the tidal forces it was later explained that since it's so small in size it is practically immune to the tidal pool it has been calculated that the moon will eventually break apart and fall into Jupiter because its orbit shows signs of decaying Fabe on the other hand was discovered in 1980. this moon is the seventh largest satellite of Jupiter and completes the rotation in more or less 16 hours Saturn is a sight to behold we have all seen Saturn appear in the human-made portraits of the solar system and it sure stands out this false color picture captured by Voyager 1 shows that Saturn's ring is composed of thousands of bands varying in composition size structure and various other factors some of the Mysteries of the Rings are still unsolved The Joint Rings don't only vary in composition but they have wobbles Spokes and unexplained gaps between them some spokes appear as dark radiant light that seems to appear and disappear there are also gaps or divisions between the Rings and there is no straightforward Theory to solve this mystery you know Titan as the possibly habitable moon in our solar system Saturn's mysterious moon invites a lot of attention from the scientific Community due to its resemblance with Earth this layer of suit is pure ethane and makes Titan the only discovered body in our solar system aside from Earth that contains fluid on the surface this is the reason why NASA believes there may be lakes rivers and dunes on this Moon just like Earth one Theory says that the Earth Also may have had this type of layer surrounding the surface before it was inhabited during later missions we also discovered that Titan has a water cycle just like Earth while there are some striking similarities you should know that the moon's recorded temperature is negative 292 degrees which isn't inviting at all the image which shows part of the earth and part of the moon in the same frame was shot from a distance of nearly 7.25 million miles there is a similar picture captured by NASA recently the picture you are looking at on your screen was recently captured by NASA's Lucy spacecraft as it passed by Earth last year the probe captured some stunning images of our planet and moon now NASA has released these images this image of Earth and Moon shows us a whopping distance of 1.4 million kilometers although the Earth is clearly visible in the image your eyes must be slightly strained to see the moon Voyager 2 was set to Journey Uranus in 1977 and it finally had its closest encounter with the icy blue planet in 1986. Voyager 2 is the only human-made spacecraft that touched this remote planet and transferred valuable data this amazing picture was taken by the probe when it was 50 600 miles away from the gaseous Planet during its closest encounter with Uranus Voyager 2 bombarded NASA with pictures data and whatnot many valuable discoveries about Uranus were made during this time for example we came to know through voyage's data that Uranus was surrounded by 11 not 9 rings and its atmosphere is made up of helium and hydrogen one peculiar thing that interested everyone at the time was the slightly tilted shape of the planet as you can also see in the picture way before sending the Voyages to space they knew from the telescopic pictures that Uranus's tilted off its axis however why Uranus was tilted and off axis was a great mystery it was deduced that the planet's axis is parallel to the ecliptic which didn't make any sense we later came to know through Voyager 2's data that it was the planet's magnetic field that was tilted 60 degrees from its rotation axis giving Uranus a corkscrew shape Uranus is fascinating in many ways from its icy blue appearance to its tilt everything about the planet inspires humans in calculations we discovered various new moons around the planet you see when Voyager 2 took flight NASA only knew about three large moons this picture Voyager 2 captured depicts all five non-moons in their full Glory the Imaging data helped them delve deeper into the geology of these magnificent moons and discover more about their characteristics Uranus had more moons that we didn't know about while studying Uranus NASA discovered 10 new moons orbiting the planet these bodies weren't larger than 100 miles in diameter and they were scattered all over named after Shakespeare's famous characters orphelia Cordelia Puck Porsche Rosland Belinda Bianca Cressida Juliet perdita and Desdemona tripled the number of known moons on the planet Voyager 2 discovered One More Moon before leaving the planet Marinda was a peculiar moon with an eerie disfigured shape the spacecraft shared countless images of Miranda giving us close-ups of its Patchwork appearance and diverse features the moon had an irregular texture that led NASA to call it the Frankenstein Moon Voyager 2 was the first ever human-made object to fly past Neptune and record its features from a distance of 2980 miles various key discoveries were made during this Brief Encounter including the Great Dark Spot and scooter we all know what these things are in a while but let's focus on the planet's activity first initially it was believed that Neptune is karma like its neighbor Uranus but the icy blue planet was more active than their expectations with heavy winds and an atmosphere mainly made up of hydrogen Neptune gave almost Earth-like Vibes to add to this mystery the latest discoveries from the Hubble telescope reveal that the Great Dark Spot is now nowhere in sight instead there is a new spot on the surface probably featuring the same activity what's causing these gigantic storms to appear is still a shrouded mystery just below the Great Dark Spot NASA also discovered another spot called the scooter which is a massive Cloud circling the planet faster than the great spot the above picture was taken by the Voyager spacecraft in Two Shots since Voyager used its narrow angle camera to photograph this marvelous spectacle scientists had to realign the photo to develop this digitally as you can see in the picture a Great Dark Spot appears on the left side and just below it there is a triangular shape called the scooter this mass of clouds and heavy winds earned this peculiar name because it scooted around the planet at a remarkable speed after visiting Neptune NASA wanted Voyager 2 to venture a little bit more and explore the surrounding moons they sent it directly to the coldest moon on the planet Triton Voyager 2 is the first ever spacecraft to come within spitting distance of this giant and mysterious moon the spacecraft took various pictures of the solar body but sadly only one hemisphere was visible at that time the clip of Voyager 2 approaching the strange Moon made rounds in 1989. Not only was the footage eerie but it unveiled various details about the orb from its bumpy appearance to its history the Imaging data led to many key discoveries this extremely close encounter revealed that trident has geysers on its surface that shoot nitrogen far into space Not only that a close inspection of the orbit showed that Triton was not always a moon on Neptune but gravity and forces melted it into the orbit taking important information from this famous encounter we later developed a map detailing Triton's varying structure and hundreds of other key elements

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Published: Sun Jun 11 2023