Oh, Neptune :

Our Voyager 2 spacecraft captured this image of Neptune’s south pole as it sped away from the planet in 1989. Here’s one cool fact about Neptune’s south pole: it’s hotter than the rest of the planet by about 10 degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit).

Voyager 2 has been in operation since 1977 and is the only spacecraft to have ever visited Uranus and Neptune. During its travels through the outer solar system, Voyager 2 visited all four gas giant planets, and discovered and photographed many of the planets' moons.

In November 2018, Voyager 2 reached interstellar space, the region between stars filled with material ejected by the death of nearby stars millions of years ago. Its twin spacecraft, Voyager 1, has resided in interstellar space since August 2012. Voyager 1 and 2 are now exploring where nothing from Earth has flown before. In their current mission, the Voyager Interstellar Mission, these two adventurers will explore the outermost edge of the Sun's domain.

Image description: This image is mostly black. The southern pole of Neptune is all that’s visible. It curves along the bottom of the image, like a smile. From left to right along the curve, the planet is blue, fading into a pale yellow.

Credit: NASA/JPL

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[ INFORMATION DATA: 11 June 2024 ]

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