Following LIMINAL Passage 1 and 2

Juno is a wormhole - NASA confirms LIMINAL transit, and the universe gets bigger overnight

The LIMINAL mission passed a probe through the Juno anomaly and confirmed it as a traversable wormhole to another star system. Administrator Clane called it "the largest redefinition of operational scope since the program began."

Kerbin — By Halden Pryce & Corinne Alder · Joint reporting

We were building infrastructure for a solar system. It turns out we were building it for a galaxy.

The object NASA declined to name three times is a wormhole. The LIMINAL mission - two sequential probe transits through the Juno anomaly, designated Passage 1 and Passage 2 - confirmed that the body first noted during SOLARCOM relay geometry development is a traversable bridge to another star system. KeedMartin Skunkworks built the probes. The data is classified at a level the Herald has not previously encountered in MSC reporting.

Administrator Clane's confirmation was characteristically measured: "Juno is a traversable wormhole. The LIMINAL transits were successful. The implications for program scope are significant. We are assessing them." Pressed on what "significant" meant, Clane said: "We were building infrastructure for a solar system. It turns out we were building it for a galaxy."

The Herald notes that SOLARCOM - the relay network this newspaper repeatedly asked NASA to explain - was built before the program had any deep-space assets to relay. It now relays to LIMINAL probe telemetry. The infrastructure framing was not a deflection. It was a timeline. NASA built the relay network first because it knew, or suspected, what it would need to relay to. The Herald has submitted a records request. We expect a PDF.

Orbital Mechanics Quarterly has published preliminary orbital mechanics analysis of the wormhole transit geometry. KeedMartin Skunkworks has not responded to press inquiries. KerbalX has not responded either. The Herald will continue to report what can be verified.