Thirty years ago, on Aug. 25, 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made a close flyby of Neptune, giving humanity its first close-up of our solar system’s eighth planet. Marking the end of the Voyager ...

Newly released images commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the Voyager flyby of Neptune’s moon Triton on Aug. 24, 2009. Triton was the last solid object visited by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft as it ...

Voyager 2, NASA's longest-running mission, explored Neptune during a historic encounter on Aug. 25, 1989, sending back humanity's first close-ups of the planet. When you purchase through links on our ...

For nearly 50 years, NASA's Voyager 1 mission has competed for the title of deep space's little engine that could. Launched in 1977 along with its twin, Voyager 2, the spacecraft is now soaring more ...

When Voyager 2 flew by Neptune in 1989, it sent back images that were processed to better reveal features like bands and a dark spot. But a new study says it's actually a greener planet.

New images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, released Wednesday, show the clearest views of Neptune and its hard-to-see rings in decades. It's the best view of the planet's dusty rings since the ...

Chinese official calls for prioritizing Neptune orbiter mission A senior Chinese space scientist and delegate to the country’s national congress is proposing the prioritization of an unprecedented ...

Lying at the very outskirts of our solar system, the ice giant Neptune has long represented both a challenge and a mystery to astronomers and space explorers alike. The dark and cold planet, the ...

The advanced NASA James Webb Space Telescope captured another stunning image. This time, JWST took a high-definition photo of Neptune's rings. The international aerospace union confirmed this ...

On Aug. 20, 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft on a mission to explore the outer planets. Despite its name, this was the first of two Voyager missions NASA launched that year. Thanks to a ...

Why it's so special: Only one spacecraft has ever visited the eighth and most distant planet from the sun. On Aug. 25, 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft took the first-ever close-up images of Neptune.