It would be an understatement to say there's been a long build-up to the moment when Voyager 1 ventures into interstellar space: scientists thought the probe was on the edge back in 2010, and we've been waiting for the official milestone ever since.
The decision of prominent venture capital firm Union Square Ventures to invest in DuckDuckGo shows investor confidence inthe opportunities for innovation and growth inthe search space.
They will, in particular, point to the private ventures of people like Elon Musk in America and Sir Richard Branson in Britain, who hope to make human space flight commercially viable.