A pair of extraordinary space missions that have been headed out of the solar system for almost half a century are getting a ...

Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

Voyager 1 is over 24.14 billion kilometers from Earth and Voyager 2 is over 20.92 billion kilometers away. Listen to Story ...

In an effort to conserve Voyager 2's dwindling energy and extend the spacecraft's mission, NASA has shut down another of its ...

NASA is switching off two science instruments on its twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday ...

(NASA via AP, File) FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows the ... a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune.

although not as far out as the snap taken by Voyager 1. NASA describes the photo as "the day the Earth smiled", the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn's rings and our ...

Saturn has 274 moons recognized by the ... Pan: Discovered by Mark Showalter in 1990 using images captured by Voyager 2, nine years prior. Pandora: Discovered in October 1980 by the Voyager ...

(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call ... Voyager 1 discovered a thin ring around Jupiter and several of Saturn’s moons, and Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune.

Whether they show the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, or the icy surface of Pluto, these captivating images garner loads ... The magnetometers carried by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft ...