When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. What it is: One of the final photographs of Neptune taken by NASA's Voyager 2 probe Where it is: ...

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 ...

The solar system ice giants Neptune and Uranus have finally revealed their true colors — thanks to images collected by Voyager 2 three decades ago that have been polished with data from the Hubble ...

Thirty years ago, NASA's Voyager 2 mission flew by Neptune, capturing the first close-up images of the blue gas giant. Before this, the eighth planet in our solar system was only known as a fuzzy dot ...

Space Perspective is conducting research and development in Fort Pierce for about a year before sending people to the edge of space in a capsule propelled by a hydrogen balloon, Marine Fleet Manager ...

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.

In the 31 years since Voyager 2 left the Neptune system in 1989 and began its interstellar mission, more than a dozen proposals have been offered for return missions to one or both ice giants. So far, ...

A faint sound described as a 'ghostly signal’ by global news was detected near Voyager 1. The spacecraft is currently far ...

Banner image: Artist's depiction of the Voyager spacecraft. (Credit: Caltech/NASA-JPL) For nearly 50 years, NASA’s Voyager 1 mission has competed for the title of deep space’s little engine that could ...

In 1989, Voyager 2 became the first and only spacecraft to ever fly by Neptune, and images from that mission famously show a planet that's a deep azure color. But in reality, Neptune is far more of a ...