On this date, Jan. 26, 1981, NASA Voyager 1 probe discovers Saturn’s moon, Epimetheus. Saturn would be the last planet Voyager 1 would visit before beginning its ongoing journey out of the solar ...

Saturn is perhaps the best-known example, swathed by eight main rings made of thousands of smaller ringlets, but the other three outer planets also possess rings, the Voyager space missions revealed.

SATURN'S iconic rings are set to disappear in weeks, and won't come back into full view until 2032 The vanishing act is all down to an optical illusion due to Saturn's tilt, which will turn the ...

Credit: Voyager Space Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — Voyager Space, a Denver-based space ...

Saturn’s iconic rings are vanishing this year and won’t be visible again until 2028. Saturn is famed for its icy rings, but an astrophysicist warns they will disappear from Earth’s view next ...

The best time to view Saturn's rings before the disappearance would have been late last year, when they were tilted at an around 9 degree angle. That angle has now decreased to around 3.7 degrees ...

After the previous three Star Trek series put William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, and Avery Brooks in the leading roles, Voyager featured a female captain: Elizabeth Janeway. Actress Geneviève ...

Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980, eschewing Uranus and Neptune because scientists wanted to fly past Titan, Saturn's fascinating moon, and could not do so without ruining the ...