Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space telescopes ...

Uranus, the Voyager 2 pictures suggested, appeared the pretty aqua shade of a duck's egg. Neptune, on the other hand, seemed to be the darker hue of lapis lazuli .

Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue, and Uranus green—but a new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in color than typically thought. The correct shades ...

Voyager 2/ISS images of Uranus and Neptune released shortly after the Voyager 2 flybys in 1986 and 1989, respectively, compared with a reprocessing of the individual filter images in ...

Neptune is so far away from our planet that the last time we got a good look at the planet with any kind of detail was 1989, back when Voyager 2 completed its flyby. Those images were great ...

Neptune is actually pretty similar to Uranus." JULIAN BAUM/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The earlier images were captured by Nasa's Voyager spacecraft in the 1980s Astronomers have long known that most ...

Voyager 1 switched to a very old backup radio transmitter, not used since 1981, restoring NASA’s contact amid communication ...

Space photo of the week: 1st-ever close-up of Neptune is Voyager 2's final portrait of a planet —SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket grounded for the 3rd time in 3 months following 'off-nominal' crash ...