The Voyager probes are 14 billion miles away now and still working. Source: JPL (https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=88)
' data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/pia17049_hires.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/pia17049_hires.jpg?w=800">Sometimes it’s hard to read the tea leaves of what’s going on with high-profile space missions. Weighted down as they are with the need to be careful with taxpayer money …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/flipped-bit-could-mark-the-end-of-voyager-1s-interstellar-mission/)

This Week in Security: Broken Shims, LassPass, and Toothbrushes?
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/this-week-in-security-broken-shims-lasspass-and-toothbrushes/

Linux has a shim problem. Which naturally leads to a reasonable question: What’s a shim, and why do we need it? The answer: Making Linux work wit Secure Boot, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/this-week-in-security-broken-shims-lasspass-and-toothbrushes/)

NIF’s Laser Fusion Experiment’s Energy Gain Passes Peer Review
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/nifs-laser-fusion-experiments-energy-gain-passes-peer-review/

Back in December of 2022, a team of researchers at the USA’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) announced that they had exceeded ‘scientific breakeven’ with their laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/nifs-laser-fusion-experiments-energy-gain-passes-peer-review/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 256: 0, 256, 378, 0xFF, and 10000000
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/hackaday-podcast-episode-256-0-256-378-0xff-and-10000000/

For this week’s episode, we did something super special — we all convened to answer your burning questions about your hosts, both as hackers and as humans. We kick things …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/hackaday-podcast-episode-256-0-256-378-0xff-and-10000000/)

Better Living Through Biomedical Engineering
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/better-living-through-biomedical-engineering/

We don’t often think of medicine and engineering as being related concepts, and most of the time, they aren’t. But there’s a point where medicine alone may not be enough …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/better-living-through-biomedical-engineering/)

FOSDEM Saved, With 3D Printing
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/fosdem-saved-with-3d-printing/

If you were to consider what the most important component of a hacker event might be, the chances are you’d pick something that’s part of the program, the ambiance, or …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/fosdem-saved-with-3d-printing/)

Keeping Track of the Night Sky with Discrete Logic Chips
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/keeping-track-of-the-night-sky-with-discrete-logic-chips/

As hobbies go, stargazing has a pretty low barrier to entry. All you really need is a pair of Mark 1 eyeballs and maybe a little caffeine to help you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/keeping-track-of-the-night-sky-with-discrete-logic-chips/)

20,000 Volt plasma Knife Slices, Dices, and Sparks
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/20000-volt-plasma-knife-slices-dices-and-sparks/