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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Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope
An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex ...
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"Every Day Could Be Our Last": NASA Shuts Down Instruments On Aging Voyager Spacecraft
helped NASA's Voyager team to determine when Voyager 1 left the Solar System's heliosphere. The low-energy charged particle instrument, scheduled to be shut down on Voyager 2, takes various ...
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NASA tweaks Voyager probes to help them hit a half century of service
They were also the first two probes to leave our solar system and the first to explore interstellar space. Voyager Trajectory Not to mention that they are the oldest active spacecraft (not ...
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Neptune’s Long-Hidden Auroras Are Captured for the First Time–While Revealing a New Mystery
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope was finally able to capture bright auroras on Neptune—the most distant planet in our solar system ...
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NASA shuts down more Voyager science instruments to prolong mission
This tool, which consists of three telescopes that study cosmic rays, helped NASA determine when Voyager 1 left the heliosphere ... in the outskirts of our solar system including gas giants ...
Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Long-Hidden Auroras in Stunning Detail
Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...
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NASA Shuts Off Voyager Science Instrument, More Power Cuts Ahead to Keep Both Probes Going
The Voyager spacecraft have been cruising through interstellar space for more than 47 years, collecting precious data on the vast cosmos. All that traveling has taken a toll on the farthest human ...
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Complex Patterns Of Volatile Gas Found Circulating Around Uranus
Astronomers are interested in how this tilt affects the atmosphere of Uranus, as well as how the atmosphere works there in ...
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NASA's twin Voyager probes are shutting down some instruments to conserve power
But the Voyager mission team left the others turned on to collect data about the ... up away from the plane that includes all of the planets orbiting the sun in our solar system, while Voyager 2 is ...
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space
But the Voyager mission team left the others turned on to collect ... that includes all of the planets orbiting the sun in our solar system, while Voyager 2 is journeying beneath the plane.