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The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made About Neptune
Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...
Neptune's Clouds Are Vanishing - Hubble Space Telescope Reveals
Hubble Space Telescope imagery Neptune has revealed that the planet's clouds are disappearing. Credit: NASA Goddard Space ...
The Blue Marvel: NASA’s Voyager 2 captured this image of Neptune in the summer of 1989 as it became the first spacecraft to fly by the planet. Neptune's blue color comes from ...
Located around 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is not visible to the naked eye. The planet's blue color comes from methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red wavelengths of light.
'Hand of God': The 'Hand of God' is actually a cloud of material ejected from a star that exploded. NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has image…
From the mysterious 'smiling face' to the grand 'Pillars of creation', check out these 7 amazing photos of our universe ...
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Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence With NASA via a Radio Transmitter Not Used Since 1981
In 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 and 2: a pair of spacecraft tasked with touring Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune by ...
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New Webb Image Captures Clearest View of Neptune's Rings in Decades Sep. 21, 2022 — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune.
Still Kickin’ Since the ’70s: NASA’s Voyager Mission Keeps Exploring
NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two ...
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Discovery of Neptune, in This Week’s Open Thread
On this day in 1846, Neptune is observed by the Berlin Observatory by astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle (assisted by Heinrich Louis d’Arrest), working from calculations of Urbain Le Verrier.
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The Next Planet Parade Will See Six Planets Align, and Then Eventually Seven
You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.
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Voyager 1 shocks NASA by communicating with a radio system not used since 1981
Voyager 1 switched to a very old backup radio transmitter, not used since 1981, restoring NASA’s contact amid communication ...
Take a 6-hour trip to space in a balloon for just $125,000: All about Spaceship Neptune
Sir Richard Branson is set to embark on another space journey, this time as a co-pilot on the world’s first commercial ...
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The Six Most Amazing Discoveries Made About Neptune
When it came to discovering Neptune, scientists didn’t need to see to believe. The eighth planet in our solar system was detected, not with telescopes, but through math. In 1846, scientists had ...