On this date, Jan. 24, 1986, Voyager 2 began beaming images from Uranus, giving scientists unprecedented data and insights about the solar system’s seventh planet. Information from the probe showed ...

NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have long left the farthest reaches of the solar system, entering interstellar space in 2012 and 2018 respectively. The pair were originally intended to study the ...

The Voyager 2 spacecraft’s energy budget keeps dropping by about 4 Watt/year, as the plutonium in its nuclear power source is steadily dropping as the isotope decays. With 4 Watt of power less ...

“To me, the Voyager Golden Record is a beautiful example of humanity and striving for world peace,” adds propulsion engineer ...

On this date, Jan. 13, 1986, astronomer Stephen Synnott using data collected by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe discovered three additional moons in orbit around Uranus. Those moons are Desdemona, Rosalind and ...

(CNN) — An enduring mystique surrounds the Voyager 1 and 2 probes. Launched two weeks apart in 1977, the twin probes changed the way we see our solar system, sending back stunningly detailed ...

While a nation honors President Jimmy Carter with a state funeral and days of ceremonies in Washington, D.C., and his home state of Georgia, somewhere billions of miles away in the cosmos Carter's ...

and its twin probe, Voyager 2, continue to defy the odds and explore space more than 47 years after they lifted off. The probes, which launched weeks apart in 1977, have long outlasted their ...