On July 9, 1979, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the planet's cloud tops. Voyager 2 was one of two space probes ...

Despite its 484-million-mile (778 million kilometers) distance, the Sun still has a measurable impact on Jupiter, generating jets of plasma around the planet. But it turns out they’ve been hiding from ...

A lone spacecraft's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years. The strange, sideways-rotating planet – the third largest in our solar ...

There are jets in Jupiter’s magnetosheath, according to Voyager 2 mission data from 1979. The 45-year-old information is now revealing the dynamics of the plasma stream. You may remember Voyager 2. It ...

Almost 45 years after their launch, Voyager 1 and 2 are still operating. But with power dwindling, the probes may soon reach the end of their scientific mission. Here are 18 pictures the probes took ...

Voyager 1 and 2 are the first human-made objects in interstellar space, unveiling new findings. Voyagers' groundbreaking discoveries in the solar system exceeded NASA's original intentions.

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Jupiter 45 years ago, capturing iconic footage. The Voyager probe's movie of Jupiter made history, revealing the planet like never before. See how those images ...

NASA lost contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft—the second-most distant object ever built by humans and flung into space—nearly two weeks ago due to an errant command sent to the probe. This caused ...