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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.

Voyager 2 also took Neptune's upper atmosphere temperature. Webb scientists were surprised to learn that the planet has cooled over the past 34 years by hundreds of degrees.

This is due to the strange nature of Neptune's magnetic field, originally discovered by Voyager 2 in 1989, which is tilted by 47 degrees from the planet's rotation axis. Since auroral activity is ...

Neptune is one of the most mysterious planets in our solar system, with its deep blue color, intense storms, and extreme winds. When Voyager 2 flew past Neptune in 1989, it revealed jaw-dropping ...

When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune 40 years ago, astronomers were surprised that it detected no global dipole magnetic fields, like Earth's. The explanation: the ice giants are layered and ...