Lying at the very outskirts of our solar system, the ice giant Neptune has long represented both a challenge and a mystery to astronomers and space explorers alike. The dark and cold planet, the ...

Nearby planets, like Mars and Venus, come into Earth's view often, and with advanced technology from NASA and space exploration at an all-time high, these planets regularly get in-person and virtual ...

Space is loaded with strange things—black holes, pulsars, gigantic clouds of alcohol, and more weird planets than you could count. Even our own solar system has some oddballs—like Neptune. Neptune’s ...

It's been one Neptunian year—or about 165 Earth years—since astronomers first observed the most distant planet from the sun.

A strange planet that's stymied astronomers for years has an "unusually shiny atmosphere" and could be home to large amounts of water vapor, scientists said in a study published Wednesday in the ...

The 2024 astronomical calendar is packed with events; And there's more to look forward to, despite the eclipse and auroras already having passed overhead. Nicknamed the "planet parade," a planetary ...

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 ...

On the night of Sept. 23-24, 1846, astronomers discovered Neptune, the eighth planet orbiting around the Sun. The discovery was made based on mathematical calculations of its predicted position due to ...

PRINCETON, N.J. (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — A new planet was possibly discovered beyond the planet Neptune. Researchers from the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural Sciences have announced ...

"We want to comprehend the behaviors of these planets, given that those slightly larger than Earth and smaller than Neptune are the most common in the galaxy." When you purchase through links on our ...