Voyager 2 reached Jupiter in 1979, two years after launching from Cape Canaveral. ... Neptune's blue-green atmosphere is visible in this image captured by Voyager 2. (Image credit: NASA/JPL) ...

Voyager 2's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years, ...

Voyager 2's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete ... belts with an unexpected intensity rivaling that of Jupiter's. ... orbit the planet and send a probe into its atmosphere.

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Originally planned as a five-year mission to Saturn and Jupiter, NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes have continued deep into the solar system, thanks to their simple, smart engineering.

Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years. A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...

Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal. The solar system’s largest planet displays striking ...

Voyager 2’s data showed that Uranus’ magnetosphere was home to unexpectedly powerful electron radiation belts. Their intensity was similar to the massive bands of radiation found around Jupiter.

The probe launched weeks after its sibling craft, Voyager 2. Since its launch, it got a close encounter with an intriguing moon and entered interstellar space.

Our understanding of Uranus might have been all wrong for nearly 40 years. In January 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft zoomed past Uranus as part of a grand tour of the outer solar system. That ...

Voyager 2’s data showed that Uranus’ magnetosphere was home to unexpectedly powerful electron radiation belts. Their intensity was similar to the massive bands of radiation found around Jupiter.