NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has encountered a new environment more than 11 billion miles from Earth, suggesting that the venerable probe is on the cusp of leaving the solar system.

The Voyager 1 probe has entered a region of space with a markedly higher flow of charged particles from beyond our solar system, researchers said. Mission scientists suspect this increased flow indicates that the spacecraft — currently 11.1 billion miles (17.8 billion kilometers) from its home planet — may be poised to cross the boundary into interstellar space.

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History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man

We will see it again after the robot planet sends it home. I hope we brave men and women in light pastel jammies and bathrobes ready by then!

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"Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars"

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History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man