On March 4, 1979, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first photos of rings around Jupiter. This was the first time anyone had seen Jupiter’s rings. Because the rings are so thin and faint ...

Voyager 1, launched on 5th September 1977, flew past Jupiter at 278,000 kilometres in March 1979, past Saturn at a height of 124,000 kilometres in November 1980 before flying on to eventually ...

How long would it take to reach Jupiter, Saturn, or Uranus? These distant giants have fascinated astronomers for centuries, but the reality of getting there is more complex than just calculating miles ...

Voyager 1's odyssey began in 1977 when the spacecraft and its twin, Voyager 2, were launched on a tour of the gas giant planets of the solar system. After beaming back dazzling postcard views of ...