NASA discovers something on Neptune and Uranus: "There are more than 5000" The ice giants of the solar system have long been ...

Neptune, for example, has an atmosphere made of hydrogen and helium (with just a tinge of methane), and it doesn’t really ...

As dense materials near a planet's surface cool, they tend to sink into ... This process, however, is absent from Uranus and Neptune. So, scientists wondered: Why would that be?

On Neptune far out in the solar system it’s ... boosting the sunspot number on its surface and causing more violent outbursts. This sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images chronicles the ...

Measuring about 6,800 miles across, it could stretch from New York City to the tip of South America and swallow perhaps 20% of Earth's surface area. The storm appears to be confined to Neptune's ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered two ...

Feb. 2, 2024 — Astronomers have shown new atmospheric detail in a set of 15 exoplanets similar to Neptune. While none could support humanity, a better understanding of their behavior might help ...

On Mars the surface is rocky and desert-like ... Last but not least is Neptune. You'll want to pack a windbreaker for this visit. Nicknamed "the windiest planet," Neptune's strongest winds ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and advanced computer models have classified a type of planet unlike any in our ...

Get the facts on this planet of extremes. Orbiting the Sun at a distance of 4.5 billion kilometres - more than 30 times further out than the Earth - Neptune is a dark, icy world. Receiving just one ...