Neptune was supposed to be the quiet, distant ice giant, a cold blue marble barely warmed by the Sun. Instead, the James Webb ...

The planet Neptune has a large dark spot "with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it," inveru observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO ...

Based on their models, the UZH astrophysicists concluded that the interiors of Uranus and Neptune could have a wide range of ...

Inside the cores of ice giant planets, the pressure and temperature are so extreme that the water residing there transitions ...

Scientists suggest superionic “hot black ice” deep inside Neptune may explain its tilted, offset and chaotic magnetic field, ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

A unique celestial event, the triple conjunction of Moon, Saturn and Neptune, will illuminate the western sky on January 23, ...

Of all the potential super-Earths—terrestrial exoplanets more massive than Earth—out there, an exoplanet orbiting a star only 40 light-years away from us in the constellation Cetus might be the most ...

The Moon passes 4° north of Saturn at 4 P.M. EDT. Two hours later, the Moon passes 3° north of Neptune at 6 P.M. EDT. Both planets rise around 8 P.M. local daylight time in southwestern Pisces. They ...

Remember: A telescope or binoculars will be needed to spot far-flung Neptune! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The moon will rise ...