Voyager 2’s flyby of Uranus in 1986 recorded radiation levels so extreme they baffled scientists for nearly 40 years. New research suggests the spacecraft caught Uranus during a rare solar wind event ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of Neptune's auroras, making it the first observatory to do so. Though Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to fly by Neptune, detect its ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...
When Voyager 2 flew past Neptune, it revealed a planet far more extreme than anyone expected. Beneath the calm blue appearance were supersonic winds, massive storms, and an interior unlike any other ...
On February 14, 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first family portrait of the solar system! [‘On This Day in Space’ ...
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In 1977, two probes launched less than a month apart on a mission to the great beyond. The twin Voyager spacecraft were to travel where no other mission had gone before, exploring what lies outside ...
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At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to show auroras, represented ...