Jupiter's moon Io stands alone among the solar system's moons. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, and its surface is home ...

Nearly 40 years after its launch, the probe continues to gather information and challenge everything we know about space.

Voyager 1, NASA's farthest man-made object, launched in 1977, continues to explore interstellar space, sending back valuable ...

There is no evidence to support the idea that this interstellar object is anything but a comet, but let's double-check.

Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft embarked on a Grand Tour of the outer solar system, a feat made ...

The James Webb Space Telescope spacecraft is located 5 degrees below the Pleiades star. As the month wears on, it travels ...

Research shows Jupiter’s strong gravitational pull may have protected Earth by keeping its orbit steady and preventing it from drifting toward the Sun.

Contrary to its name, Voyager 2 was the first of the vehicles launched into space first in Aug. 20 1977 from Florida. Its twin probe, Voyager 1, launched two weeks later on Sept. 5. At more than 15 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Voyager 1 was launched into space in 1977 and has been on a one-way journey ever since, pushing the boundaries of how far a machine built by ...

On July 9, 1979, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the planet's cloud tops. Voyager 2 was one of two space probes ...

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A piece of classical music is to be played into space to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of its composer and the 50th year of the European Space Agency (ESA). The Blue Danube, by Johann ...