The perception of Neptune as much darker and bluer than Uranus was "cemented" when pictures were sent back by the Voyager 2 probe after it flew by the two planets in 1986 and 1989, said The Times.

The image was assembled from three black and white images taken ... gaseous giant. Voyager 2 got within 50,600 miles of Uranus during its flyby. This photograph of Neptune was taken at a range ...

Our ideas of the colours of the planets Neptune and Uranus have ... captured of both planets by Nasa's Voyager 2 spacecraft mission recorded its images in three separate colours.

Since then, the planet has only been visited once by spacecraft when, in 1989, Voyager 2 completed its 'Grand Tour' of our solar system's outermost planets. It took this image of Neptune and its moon ...

Humanity’s first close-up images from Neptune came 34 years ago from NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft. The images shows bright cirrus clouds high in its atmosphere above most of its methane.

Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft ever to fly by Neptune and Uranus ... Each spacecraft carries a Golden Record with Earth's sounds, pictures, and messages intended to communicate a story of ...