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NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft completed a historic flyby of Uranus, becoming the first,and so far, only probe to closely study ...
As Voyager 2 crosses into the mysterious boundary of interstellar space, it has encountered something scientists are calling ...
Voyager 1 was launched in 1977, and after 49 years of travelling, it will reach a milestone in space that was once thought ...
For millennia, astronomers thought Uranus was no more than a distant star. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that Uranus ...
Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined ...
A rendering depicts the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which launched on August 20, 1977, and is currently in interstellar space. NASA Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter .
NASA has turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments as power conservation becomes crucial for the interstellar exploring spacecraft located 12.8 billion miles from home.
Voyager 2’s data showed that Uranus’ magnetosphere was home to unexpectedly powerful electron radiation belts. Their intensity was similar to the massive bands of radiation found around Jupiter.
Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this ...
Saying farewell is hard, and in the case of the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft doubly so, seeing as how they have been with us for more than 47 years. From the highs of the 1970s and 1980s during the… ...