NASA has shut down a science instrument on Voyager 1 to extend the aging space probe's life as it ventures nearly 16 billion ...

(CNN) — At the edge of the heliosphere, you wouldn’t know by looking whether you left the cradle of humanity behind and floated out into interstellar space. You would just see unfathomably empty space ...

On April 17, engineers at Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory made a difficult but necessary decision: they shut down one of Voyager 1's long-running science instruments.

Why it matters: After spending 45 years in space, the Voyager 2 mission is still going strong. Energy supply isn't what it used to be, though, so NASA is working on new "tricks" that can extend the ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the far reaches of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar space.

After nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another instrument to save the mission.