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 ...

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 ...

The Voyager probes are pioneers of science, making it further into space than any other man-made object. NASA originally sent the twin probes on a four-year mission to Jupiter and Saturn in 1977; they ...

New spacecraft data from Pioneer, Voyager and Juno show that Jupiter is slightly smaller and more flattened than earlier estimates, refining the planet’s measured size and shape.

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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 ...

Banner image: Artist's depiction of the Voyager spacecraft. (Credit: Caltech/NASA-JPL) For nearly 50 years, NASA’s Voyager 1 mission has competed for the title of deep space’s little engine that could ...

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 ...