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OTD In Space – March 10: Rings Discovered At Uranus
On March 10, 1977, astronomers discovered rings around Uranus! Astronomers had long suspected that Uranus has rings, but the ...
On this day in 1977, an accidental discovery changed our understanding of space
James Elliot and team discovered Uranus' rings via stellar occultation. NASA's Voyager 2 later revealed more details on its ...
NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
NASA is switching off two science instruments on its long-running twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures charged particles and ...
Nasa tries to give new lease of life to Voyager missions that have outlived their life-expectancy
The space agency said Wednesday that a sensor on Voyager 2 that analyses charged particles and cosmic rays would be turned ...
39 Photos That Will Make You Laugh If You, Like Me, Have The Sense Of Humor Of A 14-Year-Old Boy
A South Carolina man convicted in a double murder in 2002 died Friday by firing squad, marking the first time that execution ...
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NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
Voyager 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune ... Voyager 2 is over 13 billion miles away.
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Power saver mode: Nasa switches off instrument aboard Voyager 2 to conserve energy
Over the decades, they have provided groundbreaking discoveries, including Jupiter’s faint ring system, Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2’s historic flybys of Uranus and Neptune—the only ...
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Look up! What's going on in the March sky?
However, if you have a telescope, you can also find the planets Uranus and Neptune hanging ... point here on Earth! These 'ring crossing' events happen every 13 to 15 years, when Earth and Saturn ...