Showing posts with label neptune. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neptune. Show all posts

Monday, August 25, 2014

New Horizons Crosses the Orbit of Neptune


Source - NASA Science News for August 25, 2014

NASA’s Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has traversed the orbit of Neptune. This is its last major crossing en route to becoming the first probe to make a close encounter with distant Pluto on July 14, 2015.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/25aug_newhorizons/

Monday, July 15, 2013

Hubble Discovers a New Moon around Neptune


Source - NASA Science News for July 15, 2013

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/15jul_neptunemoon/