Satellite Beyond Our Solar System

Eyes on exoplanets will fly you to any planet you wish as long as it s far beyond our solar system.

Satellite beyond our solar system.

Most of the stars in our galaxy are. Welcome to nasa s eyes a way for you to learn about your home planet our solar system the universe beyond and the spacecraft exploring them. This fully rendered 3d universe is scientifically accurate allowing you to zoom in for a close look at more than 1 000 exotic planets known to orbit distant stars. Each of these craft was primarily designed to explore worlds in the outer solar system.

Voyager 2 launched on aug. Within it there are at least 100 billion stars and on average each star has at least one planet orbiting it. Voyager 2 bottom is still exploring the. Nasa s exploration spans the universe.

After encountering uranus in 1986 and neptune in 1989 voyager 2 took a southward trajectory out of the solar system. With applications for mac and pc as well as apps for mobile devices there are many ways for you to follow along with our scientists and engineers. Delving deep into our solar system. And while sending astronauts beyond the solar system remains a distant dream humanity has already launched five robotic probes that are on paths to interstellar space.

Everywhere imaginable nasa is out there. Looking beyond to worlds around other stars. Our sun is one of at least 100 billion stars in the milky way a spiral galaxy about 100 000 light years across. The last voyager images were taken valentine s day 1990 when voyager 1 looked back from 3 7 billion miles to take a portrait of seven of the nine planets in our own solar system including the pale blue dot that is earth.

Nasa s twin voyager probes voyager 1 and voyager 2 were launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets in our solar system. Voyager 1 top has sailed beyond our solar bubble into interstellar space the space between stars. Its environment still feels the solar influence. 20 1977 and voyager 1 launched about.

The stars are arranged in a pinwheel pattern with four major arms and we live in one of them about two thirds of the way outward from the center. Observing the sun and its effects on earth. Our living planet shapes the search for life beyond earth a super earth that scorches in extreme heat because it circles so close to its star. This means there are potentially thousands of planetary systems like our solar system within the galaxy.

Probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe.