Voyager

Voyager 1 May Have Left the Solar System

Number of particles from the Sun hitting Voyager 1. Credit: NASA While there's no official word from NASA on this,…

12 years ago

35 Years Ago: Our First Family Portrait of the Earth and Moon

A crescent Earth and Moon as seen by Voyager 1 on September 18, 1977 (NASA) 35 years ago today, September…

12 years ago

Is Triton Hiding an Underground Ocean?

Voyager 2 mosaic of Neptune's largest moon, Triton (NASA) At 1,680 miles (2,700 km) across, the frigid and wrinkled Triton is Neptune’s…

12 years ago

Winds of Change at the Edge of the Solar System

As the venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft hurtles ever outward, breaking through the very borders of our solar system at staggering…

12 years ago

Voyager 1 Breaking Through the Borders of the Solar System

After almost 35 years traveling at over 35,000 mph, the venerable (and still operational!) Voyager 1 spacecraft is truly breaking…

12 years ago

Voyager 1 Spacecraft Enters New Region of Solar System

[/caption] Voyager 1 is in uncharted territory. The long-lived spacecraft has entered a new region of space that lies between…

12 years ago

Voyager 2

[/caption] Voyager 2 is easily the most famous spacecraft sent from Earth to explore other planets. Launched on August 20,…

14 years ago

Life-size Wooden Spacecraft Sculptures

[/caption] If you think about it, spacecraft are kind of ethereal in that once they are launched into space, we…

14 years ago

Nereid

[/caption] Nereid is the name given to the third largest of Neptune's moons, and the second to have been discovered…

14 years ago