On Aug. 25, 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft took the first-ever close-up images of Neptune. This one — among the last full-disk photos taken before the probe ended its "Grand Tour" of the ...

NASA's new Voyager 2 map and video of Neptune's moon Triton celebrate 25-year anniversary, ... known as Neptune by the Romans. But unlike Earth’s moon, ... Photos from the first preview.

The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 at a distance of 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) from the Sun.

So Voyager 2’s thrusters fired slightly at its closest approach, rotating the spacecraft to help keep the camera focused on Neptune. The distance from Earth also meant that NASA’s Deep Space ...

You’ve gone a long way, baby. NASA has released an image capturing the radio glow of the Voyager 1 spacecraft as it hurtles through interstellar space nearly 12 billion miles from Earth. &#82… ...

From left, a photo of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 in 1989, Hubble in 2021, and Webb in 2022. In visible light, Neptune appears blue due to small amounts of methane gas in its atmosphere.

NASA updated the famous photo Pale Blue Dot taken by the Voyager 1 mission 30 years ago using modern technology, and it reminds us how big the universe is.

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 ...

NASA's Cassini probe around Saturn will take a photo of Earth on July 19, and scientists are asking Earthlings to pose for the camera.

When Voyager II flew past Neptune in August of 1989 it revealed a complex system of 13 moons, six of which had never been seen before. Thirty years later, scientists say the space probe missed one.

Back when Voyager 2 visited Neptune and Uranus, it discovered something unique about the planets' magnetic fields. By way of comparison, Earth's magnetic field is created by swirling molten iron ...