Astronomers finally spotted auroras on Neptune
Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.
Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2
The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...
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Everything Under the Sun
A NASA mission, IMAP, will investigate and map the sun's particles and energy across the entire heliosphere, using a ...
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We've spotted auroras on Neptune for the first time
After 34 years of searching, astronomers have finally confirmed Neptune has auroras, thanks to data from the James Webb Space ...
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NASA’s Webb telescope captures Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail for first time
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope used its Near-Infrared Spectrograph to capture Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail.
Science Behind It: Why Does It Rain Diamonds On Uranus and Neptune?
Does it rain diamonds on Neptune and Uranus? Scientists uncover how extreme pressure and temperature deep inside these ice giants create a continuous diamond rain.
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The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the Sun’s light can feel on Earth.
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Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...
NASA’s Next Mission Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Our Solar System’s Edge
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
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Looking Beyond Voyager 1 And 2
NASA has explored the space beyond Earth and our solar system with spacecraft like Voyagers 1 and 2, and how we’ve discovered thousands of exoplanets with space telescopes like Kepler and TESS. Credit ...
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The Last Days of Voyager, the Space Vehicle Carrying the Recording of the Gending Ketawang Puspawarna
Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977, which is 48 years ago. After exploring the outer planets in the Solar System, both spacecraft entered interstellar space and escaped the influence of the ...