NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the ...

Neptune is called an “ice giant” because it’s mostly made of a thick, slushy mix of water, methane, and ammonia, which ...

The Voyager missions are among the most groundbreaking and enduring space endeavors in history. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 ...

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...

The planets in order from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. If you include the ...

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

Voyager captures Neptune: Clicked on October 14, 1999 by NASA Voyager 2, this photo of Neptune shows three distinct features of the planet, including the Great Dark Spot at the North.

From the Webb observations, the team also measured the temperature of the top of Neptune's atmosphere for the first time since Voyager 2's flyby. The results hint at why Neptune's auroras remained ...

Voyager captures Neptune: Clicked on October 14, 1999 by NASA Voyager 2, this photo of Neptune shows three distinct features of the planet, including the Great Dark Spot at the North.

In fact, Neptune runs hotter than Uranus, Voyager 2 revealed. Besides the squalls, it rains on Neptune, too—not liquid droplets but diamonds.

Spaceship Neptune will be launched and retrieved from the MS Voyager, a 294-foot-long ship that arrived in Fort Pierce on July 14 and was at the Beyel Brothers pier on Wednesday along with a prototype ...