Voyager
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According to a new study, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) is growing taller as the storm’s perimeter continues to shrink. The GRS is a colossal swirling storm that has been raging continuously on Jupiter’s cloud surface since its discovery in 1831.
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After almost four decades of dormancy, NASA has ordered the Voyager 1 deep space probe to fire a set of thrusters that have been inactive for 37 years. It's part of an effort to keep the unmanned explorer functional for up to an additional three years as it speeds into interstellar space.
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Voyager 1 has already racked up an impressive resume to which can be added songwriter. Using data from the unmanned spacecraft, Dr Domenico Vicinanza and Dr Genevieve Williams have created a musical composition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the pathfinding mission.
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An all-star cast of spacecraft has teamed up from across the Solar System. After a CME erupted from the Sun in October 2014, its journey through space was tracked by Curiosity, Rosetta, Cassini, New Horizons and possibly even Voyager 2, allowing astronomers to study the phenomenon in detail.
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Forty years ago, two explorers set out to shed light on the mysteries of the Solar System, getting up close and personal with our distant neighbors. Today both pioneers are still operating and heading out of our solar system to explore further than any spacecraft ever launched.
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NASA has released a composite image created from observations made by the Voyager 2 probe and the Hubble Space Telescope, displaying intense auroras glowing in the atmosphere of the icy planet Uranus.
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As NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 head out of the Solar System, the Hubble Space Telescope is charting their path in order to learn more about the mysterious regions of deep space.
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Vaporless clouds have been spotted on Saturn's moon Titan for the second time. A new theory says that a process involving solid state chemistry might be involved in producing the unlikely formations.
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A team led by the University of New Hampshire has found a clue as to what may have caused the anomaly that cast doubt on whether Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space.
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NASA has uploaded audio from the Voyager program's golden records to SoundCloud, allowing listeners to hear what may potentially be our first contact with an alien race. The agency has made available two playlists, known as Greetings to the Universe and Sounds of Earth.
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Deep space exploration represents some of humanity's most astonishing achievements - so we've decided to feature five active space missions that absolutely blow our minds. Meet the Mars Orbiter, New Horizons, Rosetta and the intrepid Voyager spacecraft in our second State of the Game video.
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25 years ago Voyager 1 turned back towards our planet, and captured one of the most profound images ever taken of our planet – the pale blue dot. In its scope, it captured every human being that has ever lived and ever died, every wonder and every labor that mankind had then achieved.
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