Sciencing on MSN6d
The Unexpected Place We Found Water Beyond Earth
The possibility of life beyond Earth has filled our imaginations and been a driving force behind space exploration for ...
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Aging Voyager 1 Restarts a Radio it Hasn’t Used Since 1981–Prompted from 15 Billion Miles Away
Recently, a days-long communication blackout was triggered after a radio command sent by Earth to turn on the probe's heaters ...
Twisted Sifter on MSN10h
NASA Engineers Activate Thrusters On Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Extending Its Mission Further Beyond Our Solar System
When it comes to exploring space, few things have done it better or longer than the Voyager 1 spacecraft, and it isn’t done ...
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Warbirds Over The Trenches
This is the story of the beginning of war in the sky! From President Lincoln's aeronauts to the pioneers of military aviation, discover the legendary aircrafts that started it all. Take a historical ...
Uranus’s wind problem could be good for humanity
The researchers revealed that Uranus’s protective magnetic field was distorted, and seemed wonky and weak, being squashed and ...
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RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
Hear the origins of how Orion Pictures assembled a magnificent cast & crew, who unbeknownst to them, have signed up for a turbulent and career defining ride. With the production in full swing, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
Voyager 2 Measured a Rare Anomaly When It Flew Past Uranus, Skewing Our Knowledge of the Planet for 40 Years, Study Suggests
The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...
Something Strange Happened During Voyager 2’s Flyby of Uranus in 1986
When Voyager 2 flew past the ice giant 38 years ago, it revealed a magnetosphere warped by solar winds, a finding uncovered through recent analysis of archival data.
NASA’s 38-Year-Old Voyager 2 Data Finally Solves Uranus’s Perplexing Mysteries
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. In 1986, Voyager 2's flyby ...