When Voyager 2 flew past Neptune in 1989, it revealed jaw-dropping discoveries beneath the planet’s clouds.

Neptune, captured by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. A new study finds a link between the planet's cloud coverage and solar activity. NASA / JPL As the outermost planet in the solar system, Neptune is ...

Researchers used Hubble to observe Neptune's clouds to investigate a mystery: why sometimes the planet had plentiful clouds and at other times had barely any.

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

Neptune’s clouds have disappeared. Since the first detailed images of the planet were taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989, its cerulean disc has been criss-crossed by wispy white clouds ...

Neptune's blue-green atmosphere is shown in greater detail than ever before by Nasa's Voyager 2 spacecraft as it rapidly approaches its encounter with the giant planet. — Nasa/JPL Astronomers ...

Neptune’s clouds have nearly completely vanished Scientists were stunned to find out Neptune’s cloud cover had nearly vanished – and immediately set out to solve the mystery.

The cloud feature has been seen near Neptune's south pole since the Voyager 2 spacecraft visited the planet in the late 1980s.

Neptune’s clouds have nearly completely vanished Scientists were stunned to find out Neptune’s cloud cover had nearly vanished – and immediately set out to solve the mystery.

The clouds of Neptune have garnered reactions of awe and excitement from both scientists and the public ever since NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft sent back the first images of this distant world in 1989.

Weather forecast for Neptune: After sunny weather for the past few Earth years, we’ll see increasingly more clouds over the next few years. In 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft provided the ...

During the Voyager 2 flyby, the spacecraft observed a vortex amid Neptune’s clouds that scientists later dubbed as the Great Dark Spot.