Topic: Voyager 2

Neptune moon: Astronomer spots tiny moon orbiting eighth planet

Neptune moon: Archival images from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a tiny, faint moon orbiting Neptune, bringing the distant gas giant's known moons to 14.

Voyager 1 comes closer to leaving the solar system...again

Scientists have detected one of the critical signs that the Voyager 1 is nearly in interstellar space. But this has happened before.

Why do planets farthest from sun have highest winds? Team closes in on answer

The planets beyond Mars exhibit the highest winds speeds of any other planets in the solar system. It's a puzzle, because less energy from the sun is available there to drive higher winds. 

Out at the edge of the solar system, surprises for Voyager 1 (+video)

Voyager 1 seems to have hit the doldrums as it approaches the edge of the sun's sphere of influence. Still, says a lead scientist, 'We all have the sense that something big is imminent.'

Voyager 1 to become first man-made object to leave solar system (+video)

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is now poised to become the first craft to enter interstellar space.

In Pictures Space photos of the day: Uranus

Cool Astronomy Scientists plan Uranus probe

Proposed by British scientists as a joint effort of NASA and the European Space Agency, the mission would offer the first close-up view of Uranus in 25 years.
01/07/2011 02:41 pm

Voyager 1 nearing edge of solar system: NASA

Voyager 1: Since 2004, the Voyager 1 probe has been exploring a region of space where solar wind slows abruptly and crashes into the thin gas between stars.
12/14/2010 10:01 am

In Pictures Space photos of the day: Blowing in the Wind

In Pictures Space photos of the day: Gas giants

In Pictures Space photos of the day: Voyager

In Pictures Space photos of the day: Heavenly Rings

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Neptune nears completing its first orbit since its 1846 discovery

Neptune has come almost full circle since it was first discovered in 1846, and on Aug. 20, it will be in a straight line with the sun and the Earth.
08/19/2010 07:37 pm

In Pictures Space photos of the day 08/10

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Cool Astronomy Comet struck Neptune 200 years ago, researchers find

A comet struck the planet Neptune some 200 years ago, leaving a blotch of carbon monoxide in the upper atmosphere.
07/21/2010 07:28 pm

Need help finding Uranus? For the next few months, it'll be next to Jupiter.

With a clear sky and a good pair of binoculars, you should have no trouble getting a glimpse of Uranus.
06/06/2010 07:18 pm

Cool Astronomy Did aliens hijack the Voyager 2 space probe?

No, they didn't.
05/19/2010 04:19 pm