This highly enhanced color view of Saturn’s rings was assembled from multiple images taken by Voyager 2. The enhanced colors are used to illustrate possible chemical variations in the ring material.

The probes were designed to take advantage of a rare alignment of outer planets, which occurs about every 176 years, to explore Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft ever to fly by ...

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

The Voyager 2 spacecraft’s energy budget keeps dropping by about 4 Watt/year, as the plutonium in its nuclear power source is steadily dropping as the isotope decays. With 4 Watt of power less ...

The Voyager 1 and 2 probes have been on a remarkable journey. Since their launch in 1977, they have traveled through the solar system, past several of the outer planets, and headed out beyond the ...

The probes were designed to take advantage of a rare alignment of outer planets, which occurs about every 176 years, to explore Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft ever to fly by ...

Launched 40 years ago, the Voyager space probes are on a grand tour of the cosmos that nearly ended at Saturn. Launched in August and September 1977, NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft have opened ...

These readings helped scientists determine when Voyager 1 entered interstellar space, and should do the same for Voyager 2 when it crosses ... emitted by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ...

After beaming back dazzling postcard views of Jupiter’s giant red spot and Saturn’s shimmering rings, Voyager 2 hopscotched to Uranus and Neptune. Meanwhile, Voyager 1 used Saturn as a ...

If launched at just the right time, a probe would be able to reach Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ... the primary S-band receiver on Voyager 2 was shut down by fault-protection algorithms on the ...

New insights from Voyager 2 suggest Uranus' moon Miranda may have housed a deep ocean, shaping its unique features.

Voyager 2, as well as other spacecraft exploring our solar system. Voyager 1 then sends back engineering data to show how it is responding to the commands. It takes about 23 hours for a message to ...