The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer ...

Uranus and Neptune are the two furthest planets in the Solar System and have been visited only once by human spacecraft – by ...

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

On Aug. 20, 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft on a mission to explore the outer planets. Despite its name, this was the first of two Voyager missions NASA launched that year. Thanks to a ...

On this day in 1977, NASA launched Voyager 2, a spacecraft that would go on to make history as one of humanity’s greatest achievements in space exploration. Today, the probe celebrates 48 years in ...

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Four days before Voyager 2 was launched, Elvis died. Twelve days after Voyager 1 was launched, Cris Collinsworth threw a 99 yard touchdown pass in his first game as a Gator. A year after Voyager 2 ...

It's been almost 40 years since Voyager 2 flew past Uranus, but its readings from that whistlestop flyby have remained some of the most important for how we understand the planet. But new data from a ...

In 1977, NASA launched Voyagers 1 and 2 from Cape Canaveral, Florida into space to embark on a grand tour of the far reaches of our solar system. Mounted on board each probe was a 12-inch gold-plated ...

In the pursuit of space exploration, humans have broken records that were previously thought impossible. At the same time, terrible accidents have marred the history of space flight, making later ...