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 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 ...

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

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

This image of Neptune was taken by NASA Voyager 2 wide-angle camera, which shows small trails of similar clouds trending east to west. This bulls-eye view of Neptune small dark spot D2 was obtained by ...

NASA’s Voyager 2 has shared 7 stunning Neptune photos, highlighting its vibrant clouds, the Great Dark Spot, and its moons, revealing the planet’s breathtaking beauty.

Astronomers used the data to re-balance the composite color images recorded by Voyager 2 and the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 to reveal the "true color" of Neptune and Uranus ...