Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space telescopes ...
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...
NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two ...
The 47-year-old NASA Voyager 1 fell back on a radio transmitter it hadn’t used since 1981 to ping home base after a technical ...
As the spacecraft, launched in September 1977, ages, the team has slowly turned off components to conserve power, allowing ...
NASA reconnected with Voyager 1, which is located nearly 15 billion miles away from Earth, after a brief pause that triggered ...
A recent paper presented at the 75th International Astronautical Congress in Milan, has proposed that ion drives or electric ...
Sending an object to another star is still the stuff of science fiction. But some concrete missions could get us at least part way there. These "interstellar precursor missions" include a trip to the ...
Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff is set to open its new 40,000-square-foot, $53 million Marley Foundation Astronomy Discovery Center on Saturday, Nov. 16. The ribbon-cutting is set for 10:30 a.m. and ...