This is a new picture of Neptune taken from the Earth. It’s nothing short of amazing. You’ve probably seen better pictures of Neptune from when Voyager 2 flew by in 1989. But there isn’t ...

NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, embarked on a historic journey to explore the outer planets of our solar system. Taking advantage of a rare planetary alignment, the probes ...

Several billion miles from Earth, Neptune's looking particularly sharp in new images captured by the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT).

Bob McDonald's blog: Neptune's faint, dark rings are almost impossible to see using Earth-based telescopes. The best view we've had of them was from the 1989 Voyager 2 flyby. Now the James Webb ...

New photos of Neptune’s glowing auroras are the most detailed ever captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – but has also left astronomers with more questions. Auroras can happen on ...

Neptune, discovered in 1846, orbits 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth, so far in fact that high noon on Neptune is only about as bright as twilight on Earth. A Neptune’s year is equal to ...

It’s almost impossible to believe, but this image of Neptune was not taken by a spacecraft near the giant planet. It was instead taken by a telescope right here on Earth. The amazing picture was ...

This simulated view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the expected positions of Saturn and Earth on July 19, 2013, around the time Cassini will take Earth's picture.

Scientists have restored images of Neptune’s moon Triton taken by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. ... is now nearly 2.75 billion miles away from Earth and 2.48 billion miles away from ...

Other photos show Uranus — which is 14.5 times as massive as Earth and orbits 19 times farther away than Earth does — in a whole new light. In particular, the pictures highlight Uranus' rings ...

Hubble images show a Neptune moon that may have been repeatedly ... and Neptune. Most of these were beyond the ability of Earth-based hardware to image at the time—we actually had to be there to ...