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 took this photo of Jupiter and two of its satellites (Io ... This approximate natural-color image shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Three satellites (Tethys ...

Since Voyager 1 blasted off in 1977, it has skirted past the kaleidoscopic clouds of Jupiter and the icy rings of Saturn. The spacecraft is now 124 times farther from the Sun than we are ...

In 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft zipped by the ... the data revealed that giant Jupiter sports thin, dusty rings. Planet Jupiter, explained And when NASA's Juno spacecraft began orbiting ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Jupiter's rings aren't as famous as Saturn's but they're just as fascinating! Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from Science Jupiter's rings aren't as famous as ...

Note: *Starred instruments (below) are still working on one or both of the Voyager spacecraft. The others have malfunctioned or been turned off to save power. The HGA, a 12.1-foot reflector dish ...