Voyager crossing superhighway to solar system exit

Latest frontier may be last before spacecraft reaches interstellar space

On its way out of the solar system, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has encountered a “magnetic highway” of charged particles — a hint that the spacecraft may not have far to go before reaching the brink of interstellar space.

ARE WE THERE YET? Thirty-five years after they were launched, the Voyager probes are nearing the edge the solar system.