For the first time in nearly five decades, NASA’s Voyager 2 — a spacecraft launched in 1977 and now drifting billions of kilometers from Earth — has sent back a signal no one can explain.
At precisely 03:47 UTC, deep-space monitoring stations in Canberra picked up a faint, rhythmic pulse coming from the probe — a pattern that didn’t match any known system commands or background cosmic interference.
Then, suddenly, a short text transmission appeared on the data stream:
“WE STAY ON OUR PLANET.”
The message was simple, chilling, and — according to engineers — not generated by Voyager’s onboard software. Within hours, NASA locked down all communications related to the probe. Several insiders, speaking under anonymity, reported that subsequent transmissions contained irregular frequency spikes — resembling a biological signal pattern, not a mechanical one.
“What’s most disturbing,” said Dr. Evelyn Monroe, an astrophysicist at JPL, “is that the transmission seems to be responding to our queries… as if something out there is listening — and doesn’t want us to come closer.”
Rumors quickly spread across the scientific community: had Voyager 2 stumbled upon a form of non-human intelligence, one that doesn’t wish to be found? Some even speculate the probe may have triggered a dormant presence beyond the heliopause, something ancient and aware.
As of now, NASA has neither confirmed nor denied the authenticity of the phrase. The agency’s public communications have gone eerily quiet. But one thing is certain — the last clear words from Voyager 2 echo through the void, a message that feels less like a warning from humanity, and more like a warning to it.
“We stay on our planet.”