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Voyager 2 phones home and says everything is cool (arstechnica.com)
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[–] blivet@artemis.camp 3 points 1 year ago

I read that sometime in 2025 it’s likely the Voyagers’ nuclear batteries won’t have enough power left to operate their instruments.

It will be kind of weird not to get occasional updates anymore. I graduated high school in 1977, and I’ve been hearing news about the Voyager probes for my entire adult life.