Contrary to its name, Voyager 2 was the first of the vehicles launched into space first in Aug. 20 1977 from Florida. Its twin probe, Voyager 1, launched two weeks later on Sept. 5. At more than 15 ...

To the relief and delight of both scientists and space fans, Voyager 1 has started beaming comprehensible data back to Earth after months of sending what appeared to be cosmic gibberish. This veteran ...

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Voyager 1 and 2, launched in 1977, have traversed the heliopause and are currently in interstellar space, with Voyager 1 significantly farther from the Sun due to its higher velocity. The Oort Cloud, ...

Our solar system’s largest moon, Ganymede of Jupiter, has never been completely mapped — until now. Scientists led by Wheaton College’s Geoffrey Collins combined data from NASA’s Voyager 1, 2 and ...