Today in the history of astronomy, NASA announces our first view of the rings of Neptune.

It’s 30 years this week since NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made a close flyby of Neptune, giving humanity its first and only close-up.

Neptune, the farthest planet from the Sun, has long been a subject of fascination for astronomers, especially due to its ...

Neptune's limb looks reddish because Voyager 2 is viewing it tangentially, and the sunlight is scattered back to space before it can be absorbed by the methane.

Neptune Characteristics The planet Neptune orbits almost 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers) from the Sun and is about 30 times as far from the Sun as the Earth. Like Jupiter, Saturn, and ...

Another chapter in aviation history came to an end as Neptune Aviation retired the last of their P-2 Neptune firefighting air tankers.

NEST 23-2 is the latest iteration of the Project Neptune series, and the second of 2023. The activity marks the continued evolution of the concept, which combines military forces from across NATO ...

Saturn and Neptune reach opposition, looking their best for the year. Jupiter and Venus shine bright before dawn, as does the zodiacal light.