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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For decades, images taken of Neptune have looked like the planet ...

Talk about a long-distance call. NASA said it resumed full communications with the Voyager 2 on Friday after almost two weeks of silence from the interstellar spacecraft. The agency's Jet Propulsion ...

PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space Perspective’s Marine Spaceport Voyager arrived at Port Canaveral carrying the Spaceship Neptune fresh off the heels of a successful uncrewed flight test off the coast of ...