Voyager 2's demise has been postponed after NASA found a way to hack a backup source of power to keep the probe going until 2026. Voyager 1 and 2 have provided crucial scientific information in ...

Jets have been detected in Jupiter's magnetosphere, the area around a planet where its magnetic field holds sway.

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 ...

Taken 36 years ago on August 28, 1989 this iconic image marked the final visual record sent back by Voyager 2 before its optical cameras were permanently shut off. Nasa shared the image to mark the ...

Voyager 2 entered Jupiter's orbit as Voyager 1 was on its way out and took an additional 14,000 photos before completing its Jupiter encounter in August 1979. That was 45 years ago.

During its journey to interstellar space, Voyager 2 visited Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1981, Uranus in 1986, and Neptune in 1989.

On September 5, 1977, the Voyager 1 spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its way to planet Jupiter and points beyond. Voyager 2 launched a few weeks earlier, on August 20, 1977.