But when Voyager 2 got an up-close look at Uranus in 1986, scientists were able to glean some insights that, while confounding, at least shed some light on a crucial characteristic that seemed to ...

The strange, sideways-rotating planet – the third largest in our solar system – has always been something of a mystery to astronomers. But when Voyager 2 got an up-close look at Uranus in 1986, ...

NASA's farthest spacecraft, Voyager 1, is running low on power but carries on its journey through interstellar space. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration At 15.4 billion miles away from Earth ...

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In a twist worthy of an astronomical detective story, data from NASA’s Voyager 2, collected nearly 40 years ago, provides new insights that challenge our longstanding understanding of Uranus.

Much of what we understand about Uranus comes from data gathered by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. Thirty-eight years ago, this probe flew by the ice giant, providing humanity with its first close ...

“If you had known that going in, you would have questioned everything that Voyager 2 measured.” Voyager 2 found that Uranus’ magnetosphere, the bubble of magnetism surrounding a ...

"We're definitely going to make the 50th anniversary," says Professor Garry Hunt, one of the scientists responsible for NASA's Voyager mission, as Voyager 1 recovers from an unexpected pause in ...

Voyager 1, a nuclear-powered space probe, was originally designed to study Saturn and Jupiter, but with the unique planetary alignment, the mission was extended to the outer edges of our solar ...

NASA / JPL-Caltech In 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 and 2: a pair of spacecraft tasked with touring Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune by taking advantage of a rare alignment of the outer planets ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is reviving technology abandoned four decades ago to help keep its groundbreaking space exploration mission alive. Launched in 1977 shortly after its twin, Voyager 2, the ...