As Voyager 2 crosses into the mysterious boundary of interstellar space, it has encountered something scientists are calling ...

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft completed a historic flyby of Uranus, becoming the first,and so far, only probe to closely study ...

Voyager 2 was launched from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 20, 1977. It made history on Dec. 10, 2018, when it became the second spacecraft to leave the solar system and ...

University of Iowa researchers report the spacecraft Voyager 2 has reached interstellar space, following Voyager 1's historic passage six years ago. In the study, the researchers note a jump in ...

Scientists looked at decades' worth of data, combining reports and readings from various spacecraft and new computer modeling ...

Voyager 2 also discovered a region between the heliopause and interstellar space where the solar and interstellar winds interact. This layer was not detected by Voyager 1. Read more. Voyager – a ...

Voyager 2’s breaking of the ISM bubble occurred at 119.7 astronomical units (AU), whereas Voyager 1 passed through at 122.6 AU. This, the team said, ...

Voyager 2’s nuclear power source should hold out until 2025 or so—likely long enough to sample interstellar space—but precisely when that data will come in is anyone’s guess.

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.

The primary objective of NASA's Voyager 2 was to explore the outer planets. NASA has finally succeeded in establishing contact with its long-standing Voyager 2, which was launched in 1977.