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What Voyager 1 & 2 Found Beyond Our Solar System
In 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 and 2 on a mission to explore the outer ... In this video, we explore the groundbreaking discoveries made by Voyager as it enters interstellar space.
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A radio transmitter not used since 1981 is helping Voyager 1 send messages to Earth
Voyager 1 relays messages to NASA’s mission control team after losing contact due to a technical issue. The aging spacecraft is relying on an old radio transmitter.
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Voyager 2 Measured a Rare Anomaly When It Flew Past Uranus, Skewing Our Knowledge of the Planet for 40 Years, Study Suggests
The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...
NASA’s Voyager Shuts Down Plasma Sensor After 47 Years of Discovery
After 47 years and 15 billion miles, the Plasma Science Experiment aboard NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft has been turned off.
University of Iowa instrument among last still running decades into Voyager space missions
Nearly 47 years ago, two NASA spacecrafts were bound for one of the grandest journeys across our solar system to fly by and ...
Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years
A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...
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Uranus’ moon Miranda may also have an ocean of hidden water
“To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising,” said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...
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Still Kickin’ Since the ’70s: NASA’s Voyager Mission Keeps Exploring
NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two ...
NASA Solves Decades Old Mysteries Of Uranus After Deep Dive Into Voyager 2 Data
New research suggests that just before Voyager 2 arrived, Uranus was hit by a rare blast of solar wind from the Sun that ...
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The Best Timed Shot in TV History (Probably)
One of the best-timed shots in TV history is an old clip by BBC's science presenter James Burke which has recently become ...