When Voyager 1 and 2 crossed the boundary of the heliosphere, many believed they would drift silently into a cold, empty ,voidinterstellar space. It was expected to be a lifeless region, too sparse ...

After 45 years in space, NASA’s Voyager 1 & 2 are still making history! These legendary probes have traveled beyond our solar ...

John Casani, who has died aged 92, was an American spaceflight engineer who led the teams that pioneered Nasa’s explorations ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Scientists have found that Uranus emits its own internal heat, contradicting data from NASA's Voyager 2 probe nearly four ...

There's a broad consensus in the scientific community that a follow-up mission to Pluto should be an orbiter, and not a ...

Before it met the 30,000-50,000 kelvin wall at the edge of our Solar System, Voyager 1 took its final images. Skip to main content. CLOSE. Thank you!

NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

For almost 48 years, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have traveled across the Solar System and beyond. The missions have been pivotal in our understanding of the gas giant planets of the Solar System, and ...

Our solar system might still bear the scars from an extremely close shave with an alien star. Such an encounter – the closest pass we know of – would have shaken up objects on the outskirts ...

Recount Voyager 1's interstellar odyssey that outlived NASA expectations Launched in 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to travel beyond our solar system into interstellar space in ...