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[โ€“] tal@lemmy.today 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

How do they even still have energy to send and receive signals?

They're apparently on their last legs now in terms of being able to keep all the instruments running.

The Voyagers have enough electrical power and thruster fuel to keep its current suite of science instruments on until at least 2025.

They've been on their last legs for decades now