But when Voyager 2 got an up-close look at Uranus in 1986, scientists were able to glean some insights that, while ...

I n 1986, when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by the mysterious Uranus, it gave scientists their first close-up peek into the solar ...

For 47 years, as the emissary of humankind to the cosmos; it has trekked billions of kilometres and revealed the private ...

The spacecraft, located more than 24 billion kilometres away, was feared lost to the cosmic ocean after decades of travel. But, as Andrew Griffins writes, thanks to a daring feat of human ingenuity ...

Unfortunate timing The first panel of this artist's concept depicts how Uranus's magnetosphere – its protective bubble – was ...

“To me, the Voyager Golden Record is a beautiful example of humanity and striving for world peace,” adds propulsion engineer ...

For two decades now, the iconic twin Voyager spacecraft have been quietly overturning everything we thought we knew about the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space ...

Former President Jimmy Carter's voice and legacy go far beyond Earth to live forever on two gold-plated copper discs, in ...

Much of what we know about Uranus is taken from data gathered by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which zipped past the ice giant in 1986. The probe's observations revealed the planet had a bizarrely ...

Voyager 2, continue to defy the odds and explore space more than 47 years after they lifted off. The probes, which launched weeks apart in 1977, have long outlasted their original missions ...