asteroids, space, sun, uranus

4 Amazing Facts You Didn’t Know About Space

There are so many amazing facts about space. Scientists are making new discoveries all the time and it’s difficult to keep abreast of all the new information. Hopefully, you can learn something new from these facts and you would be surprised just how many people don’t know much about space at all. 4 facts about ...

Troy Oakes

Astronaut on a space walk reaching toward the camera with Earth and the Sun seen in the background.

In Decades-Old Voyager 2 Data, One More Secret Is Discovered

Eight and a half years into its grand tour of the solar system, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft was ready for another encounter. It was Jan. 24, 1986, and soon it would meet the mysterious seventh planet, icy-cold Uranus. Over the next few hours, Voyager 2 flew within 50,600 miles (81,433 kilometers) of Uranus’ cloud tops, collecting ...

Troy Oakes

Uranus.

Amazing Storms on Uranus and Neptune Captured by Hubble Telescope

NASA’s Hubble telescope recently captured a series of images of Neptune and Uranus that show two huge storms on the icy planets. Images were taken during the telescope’s routine annual weather monitoring schedule. The storms on both planets were concentrated in the northern regions. NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures planetary storms The storm identified on Neptune ...

Nspirement Staff

Neptune.