A fringe prediction that Earth will briefly lose gravity in 2026 has snowballed into a full-blown online panic, complete with fake NASA memos and a supposed secret rescue plan. After weeks of viral ...

NASA has powered down Voyager 1’s Low-Energy Charged Particles experiment to conserve dwindling nuclear power and extend the nearly 49-year-old spacecraft’s life in interstellar space. The move ...

Nasa shut down one of Voyager 1’s science instruments to conserve dwindling power and keep the nearly 49-year-old spacecraft operating as it continues its journey through interstellar space more than ...

On April 17, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, or ...

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth, nearing nearly 16 billion miles away. The probe now has two of its original ten science instruments still in operation as NASA ...

Voyager 1, NASA's space probe that is the farthest human-made object from Earth, shut down another science instrument as engineers worked to save power and extend the spacecraft’s mission. The ...

The LECP has been operating almost without interruption since the Voyager 1 and 2 probes launched in 1977. Meanwhile, the power output of Voyager 1's RTGs has been declining by about 4 watts per year, ...

The farthest spacecraft from Earth has shut down another instrument in the hopes of buying time for an upgrade that could boost the aging probe’s impressive lifespan.

NASA has shut down one of the science instruments on board the iconic Voyager 1 space probe in an effort to extend the life of humanity's first interstellar vehicle. The decision was made as power ...