As a species, humans are about to experience an important milestone, although few will make note of it. But in my ongoing efforts to bring science and technology to the masses, I feel it is my duty to celebrate this event.

For the first time in history, a man made object is leaving our solar system. (I refer here of course to a material object - man made radio waves have been travelling into deep space for decades).

The Voyager 1 probe was launched in 1977 to study the outer planets of our sola...

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