The Voyager 2 spacecraft’s energy budget keeps dropping by about 4 Watt/year, as the plutonium in its nuclear power source is steadily dropping as the isotope decays. With 4 Watt of power less ...

Nasa has picked up a "heartbeat" signal from its Voyager 2 probe after it lost contact with it billions of miles away from Earth, the space agency said. Last month, the spacecraft - exploring the ...

The space agency had expected a regular reset of the probe in October to fix the error Nasa is back in full contact with its lost Voyager 2 probe months earlier than ...

That, too, an emotional milestone-a new chapter in the extraordinary voyage has been made for a spacecraft. Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977, and quickly carved a path as a milestone in space ...

But when Voyager 2 got an up-close look at Uranus in 1986, scientists were able to glean some insights that, while ...

Recent analysis suggests that Uranus and its five largest moons might not be as cold and lifeless as once believed. Instead, these moons could harbor hidden oceans, with conditions potentially ...