Those three instruments still allow Voyager 2 to gather valuable scientific data. Voyager 2 captured this image of Jupiter and Io when it was 24 million ... year before another instrument will need to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...

Auroras occur when solar flares interact with the magnetic field of a planet. They have been detected on Jupiter, Saturn, and ...

When Voyager 2 sped past Uranus on January ... It rotates on its side, with an axial tilt of 98 degrees — compared with 3 degrees for Jupiter, 27 degrees for Saturn and 28 degrees for Neptune.

Does it rain diamonds on Neptune and Uranus? Scientists uncover how extreme pressure and temperature deep inside these ice giants create a continuous diamond rain.

The space agency said an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures charged particles and cosmic rays will shut off later this month. Last week, Nasa powered down an instrument on Voyager 1 designed to ...

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, can continue exploring space beyond the limits of the solar system. To save energy for further interstellar exploration, mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

Scientists have long suspected that the distant ice giant hosts shimmering light displays, based on fleeting hints from the Voyager 2 probe's flyby and observations of similar activity on Jupiter ...