NASA is set to shut down the Low Energy Charged Particle Instrument on Voyager 2 as part of efforts to conserve power and extend the spacecraft's mission life. This instrument measures ions ...

Linda Spilker, the Voyager mission’s project scientist, spoke to Gizmodo about the challenges that come with operating the ...

On January 24, 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft conducted a flyby, gathering some of the most comprehensive data scientists have had access to when it comes to Earth’s distant neighbor.

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus that are largely driven by the effects of the sun's ...

Nearly 40 years ago, Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe Uranus up-close. Using radio signals from the planet's auroras and magnetic field data collected by the spacecraft ...

A day at Uranus just got a little longer. Scientists reported Monday that observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed it takes Uranus 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds to complete a ...

This approach can now be used to determine the rotation rate of any celestial object with a magnetic field and auroras — including exoplanets.

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought – ...

Formally known as the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, the Tidbinbilla facility is managed by CSIRO for NASA.

Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down cosmic ray instrument on Voyager 2. Illustration. (photo credit: Merlin74. Via Shutterstock) NASA is set to shut down the Low Energy ...

In January 1986, Voyager 2 became the first — and so far the only — spacecraft to explore Uranus, and with its data, astronomers pegged the ice giant's rotation period at 17 hours, 14 minutes ...