In 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 and 2 on a mission to explore the outer planets. Now, over 45 years later, these incredible probes are detecting something mysterious beyond the edge of our solar ...

Voyager 2 is currently in the constellation of Pavo, more than 12.3 billion miles away from Earth, while Voyager 1 is in the constellation of Ophiucus 1 almost 15 billion miles from Earth.

Voyager 2 launched in August of 1977, about two weeks before its twin Voyager 1, ... Each record is encased in a sleeve that maps Earth’s location with respect to 14 pulsars, ...

The Voyager 2 probe will have to postpone its retirement party. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Every time my laptop or ...

NASA engineers have received a "heartbeat" signal from Voyager 2, bringing hope that they may be able to reestablish contact with the probe months ahead of schedule.

In 1986, Voyager 2 took this image of Uranus during its flyby. NASA / JPL-Caltech In 1986, when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by the mysterious Uranus, it gave scientists their first close-up peek into ...

After accidentally shifting Voyager 2's antenna by two degrees, NASA fell out of contact with the interstellar probe on July 21. On Aug. 4, the agency succesfully reset the probe's antenna ...

NASA has succeeded in reestablishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an "interstellar shout" that righted the distant probe's antenna orientation, the ...

Voyager 2's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 ... 'Beginning of a new era' Check out this interactive map of the early universe, ...

Welcome back, Voyager 2.@NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2. We shouted 12.5 billion miles (19.9 billion km) into interstellar space, instructing it to turn its antenna back ...

A rendering depicts the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which launched on August 20, 1977, and is currently in interstellar space. NASA Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.