On Aug. 20, 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft on a mission to explore the outer planets. Despite its name, this ...

On this day in 1977, NASA launched Voyager 2, a spacecraft that would go on to make history as one of humanity’s greatest achievements in space exploration. Today, the probe celebrates 48 years in ...

An unpublished NASA memo reportedly warns of a change in how the space agency awards contracts to build private space ...

The 10-kilometer-wide body orbits 56,000 kilometers from uranus's center between ophelia and bianca and awaits an ...

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Both Voyager 2 and its twin, Voyager 1, are way older than their original life expectancy. They were intended to study Jupiter and Saturn, their moons, and Saturn's rings.

Voyager 1 has been heading outward from Earth for almost half a century, but where is Voyager 1 now and how much longer will ...

The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. NASA announced the discovery on Tuesday. The moon ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29.

NASA reconnected with Voyager 1, which is located nearly 15 billion miles away from Earth, after a brief pause that triggered the spacecraft's fault protection system.

Nasa’s Webb telescope has found a new moon around Uranus. “No other planet has as many small inner moons as Uranus, and their ...

Had NASA not reestablished contact, it wouldn't have been until Oct. 15 that Voyager 2 would have automatically repositioned its antenna to ensure it was pointed at its home planet.

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