The discovery challenges findings made by Voyager 2, which collected data suggesting Uranus, unlike other giant planets in ...

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the ...

The Voyager missions are among the most groundbreaking and enduring space endeavors in history. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 ...

Scientists looked at decades' worth of data, combining reports and readings from various spacecraft and new computer modeling ...

Voyager 2 took longer to reach Jupiter than its sister spacecraft, Voyager 1, but also got to visit Uranus and Neptune. This made it the only spacecraft to visit either of the ice giants.

Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft explored the outer planets of our solar system. They flew past Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1981 and 1982. Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune.

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this ...

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

Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined ...

Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune each emit more energy than they receive from the Sun, meaning they have comparatively warm ...

But scientists now say that Uranus is actually warmed from the inside, according to a study published in Geophysical Research ...

Before defining what a light-year is, we should define what a light-year is not: It is not a measure of time, but rather a ...