NASA has shut down a science instrument on the iconic Voyager 1 probe, the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space.

This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission ...

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As deep-space probes continue to explore throughout the solar system and beyond, scientists on the ...

Nasa is rushing to find a solution to prevent its first interstellar spacecraft from running out of power. Voyager 1, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most ...

On April 6, 2026, NASA's Orion spacecraft cruised around the Moon, armed to the teeth with vehicle management computers around 20,000 times faster than those used to achieve an even greater feat ...

A scientific instrument on the Voyager 1 has been shut off to conserve power as the probe continues its interstellar exploration.

A pair of space probes cruising the solar system may be able to pass through the tail of the mysterious Manhattan-sized comet hurtling towards Earth — but only if the scientists operating them act ...

WASHINGTON — A 1,323-pound NASA probe that has been in space for 14 years is expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Space Force and NASA. The timing of Van ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main asteroid belt. The second in China's interplanetary exploration program ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? The picture ...