For decades, Voyager 1 has drifted through the deep void beyond our solar system, quietly transmitting data from the edge of everything we know, a ghost ship launched by human hands and forgotten by most. But recently, a team of researchers ran one of its old image sequences through a cutting-edge quantum artificial intelligence, not expecting much, simply hoping to enhance old data with new technology. What they got instead was not a clearer image—but a discovery. Something was in the picture. Something that wasn't there before. A pattern that couldn’t be explained by error or artifact. Something that responded. Something that confirmed what many had feared for decades—that Voyager 1 may not be alone out there, and what’s more unsettling, it may have been noticed.