Exo-planets, sure. Exo-moons and -comets? FIne. But exo ... telescopes?! Emily is going out on a limb in this episode, expanding the definition of telescope to include things that measure stuff in space, and we're here for it! Which means we really do have a few telescopes out there beyond the Solar System, in the shape of Voyagers 1 and 2, with a few more waiting in the wings.
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Things we discuss in this episode:
The Voyager Missions: Voyager 1 and Voyager 2
The Heliosphere, where the Solar System ends
The Voyager Golden Record
Syzygy Episode 42: Life, the Universe, and Everything
Syzygy Episode 79: Voyager Hears a Hum
Voyager 2 turns of last scientific instrument
Uranus mystery finally solved!
The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud
The Pioneer Program, esp. Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11
The Pioneer Plaque
The New Horizons mission and the Pluto Heart image
New Horizons visits Ultima Thule (Arrokoth)