What is powering the Voyager 1? It has been travelling in the space for almost 50 years.

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What is powering the Voyager 1? It has been travelling in the space for almost 50 years.

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Both voyagers have nuclear material inside of it, as it decays, it emmits heat that can be used to produce power

Uranium takes literal thousands of years to fully decay, which is why it was chosen as a battery

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