Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Neptune has always been known as an icy blue behemoth. The eighth ...

A team of astronomers has discovered something extraordinary about the bright clouds that periodically show up in Neptune's upper atmosphere — they appear to be linked to the Sun's 11-year cycle of ...

The NASA undertaking has brought together scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Uranus and Neptune are two of the most mysterious and least explored planets in the solar system.

Neptune’s atmospheric temperature is on an unexpected roller-coaster ride, and it could take decades for scientists to piece together what’s happening at the distant planet. Each Neptune year lasts ...

Artist’s rendering of TOI-1231 b, a Neptune-like planet about 90 light years away from Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech Discovering planets beyond our solar system is one thing — we’ve discovered over 4,000 ...

This artist's illustration shows two Earth-sized planets, TRAPPIST-1b and TRAPPIST-1c, passing in front of their parent red dwarf star, which is much smaller and cooler than our sun. NASA/ESA/STScI/J.

Scientists at Caltech have discovered four exoplanets — TOI 560b, TOI 1430.01, TOI 1683.01, and TOI 2076b – that appear to be shrinking in size and losing their atmosphere gradually. The rate at which ...