What Happens to Voyager 1 After It Runs Out of Power?

Voyager 1 is losing power every single day, and within the next several years, it will fall permanently silent. But it won't stop moving. It won't stop existing. It will keep drifting — past the edge of the solar system, past the death of our Sun, past the merger of our galaxy with Andromeda — for trillions of years after we stop listening. This is the full story of what actually happens after Voyager 1 runs out of power: the physics of its plutonium power source, the engineers keeping a 1970s spacecraft alive today, and the almost incomprehensible timeline of where it goes after we lose contact forever. f you enjoyed this journey through deep time and deep space, subscribe for more long-form science stories designed to help you think, wonder, and drift off to sleep. Subscribe: ‪@TheSleeplessCuriosity‬ Music: ‪@co.agmusic‬ #Voyager1 #NASA #Space #Interstellar #Science #Astronomy #DeepSpace #SpaceFacts #Universe #sleepyscience Sources: NASA Science — Voyager 1 mission page https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voya... NASA — Where Are Voyager 1 and 2 Now https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voya... NASA JPL — Voyager 1 Interplanetary Missions page https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/voy... NASA JPL — Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v... ScienceDaily — NASA Shuts Down 49-Year-Old Voyager 1 Instrument https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... Wikipedia — Voyager 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1 NASA/JPL Voyager Mission Status https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/... Where Is Voyager 1 Now? (StellarNomads) https://stellarnomads.com/where-is-vo...