On July 9, 1979, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 ...

Despite its 484-million-mile (778 million kilometers) distance, the Sun still has a measurable impact on Jupiter, generating jets of plasma around the planet. But it turns out they’ve been hiding from ...

NASA's Voyager 2 probe, launched over four decades ago, collected data in 1978 that suggests the possibility of jets existing above other planets. Reading time 3 minutes There are jets in Jupiter’s ...

An enhanced image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, as seen by NASA's Voyager 2 probe on July 7, 1979. Another stunning close-up view of Jupiter's trademark storm. NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this raw ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 4, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first photos of rings around Jupiter. ['On This Day in Space' Video Series ...