The space agency said on Wednesday (March 26) that astronomers had previously seen tantalizing hints of auroral activity on Neptune, for example, in the flyby of NASA’s Voyager 2 in 1989.

The only spacecraft to visit Neptune was the Voyager 2 probe, which spent just a few precious minutes in the vicinity of this mysterious world during its historic flyby tour of the outer solar system ...

“After the Neptune flyby, the spacecraft were in good health and NASA decided to rename the mission the Voyager Interstellar Mission with the hopes that someday, it would get into the ...

The Voyager 2 spacecraft took spectacular images of Triton during its flyby of Neptune in 1989, showing evidence of cryovolcanic activity and cantaloupe-like terrain.

Washington — Neptune's glowing auroras are captured in the best detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby ...

The Voyager 2 spacecraft conducted a flyby of Neptune in 1989 and spotted six small inner moons — but not Hippocamp. This makes Hippocamp the seventh inner moon found around Neptune, bringing ...

30 years ago in 1989, @NASAVoyager 2 made a close flyby of Neptune, giving humanity its first close-up of our solar system's eighth planet. Wrapped in teal- and cobalt-colored bands of clouds, the ...

Looks like Voyager 2 left at least one stone unturned during its 1989 flyby of Neptune. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope announced the discovery of a new Neptunian moon designated S ...

Susanne Pfalzner et al, Irregular Moons Possibly Injected from the Outer Solar System by a Stellar Flyby, The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2024). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad63a6 ...

The last time scientists reached for a major solar system body was Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune in 1989. At this time next year, NASA's probe New Horizons will fly by the planet-like object Pluto ...

Thirty years ago, on Aug. 25, 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made a close flyby of Neptune, giving humanity its first close-up of our solar system’s eighth planet.