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Why NASA’s Interstellar Mission Almost Didn’t Happen
Launched 40 years ago, the Voyager space probes are on a grand ... astoundingly, on Neptune’s Triton, where nitrogen geysers were observed erupting at 40 degrees above absolute zero on the ...
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Planet Neptune
Since then, the planet has only been visited once by spacecraft when, in 1989, Voyager 2 completed its 'Grand Tour' of our solar system's outermost planets. It took this image of Neptune and its moon ...
New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
Voyager 2’s flyby of the sideways-rotating Uranus revealed ... such as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. Magnetospheres are the ...
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As Voyager 1's mission draws to a close, one planetary scientist reflects on its legacy
For nearly 50 years, NASA's Voyager 1 mission ... But planet by planet, with each flyby, the technology got a lot more sophisticated. By the time we got to Neptune in 1989, we were doing our ...
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New Horizons: Nasa probe survives flyby of Ultima Thule
Voyager-1 is now moving at almost 17km/s; New Horizons is moving at 14km/s. The BBC's Sky At Night programme will broadcast a special episode on the flyby on Sunday 13 January on BBC Four at 22:30 ...
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Have You Ever Seen The ‘Other’ Blue Planet? Earth And Neptune Are Closest Together This Week
How to find Neptune’s giant moon Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, is one of the promising places in the Solar System to look for signs of life. About 1,700km in diameter, it’s geologically ...
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New Horizons: Nasa probe survives flyby of Ultima Thule
Voyager-1 is now moving at almost 17km/s; New Horizons is moving at 14km/s. The BBC's Sky At Night programme will broadcast a special episode on the flyby on Sunday 13 January on BBC Four at 22:30 ...