However, at Neptune’s surface, the gravity is only about 1.1 times the gravity we experience on Earth. In other words, if ...

Neptune is called an “ice giant” because it’s mostly made of a thick, slushy mix of water, methane, and ammonia, which ...

A mysterious spot has appeared on the surface of Neptune (Picture: PA) A mysterious dark spot on Neptune has been detected from Earth for the first time – but astronomers don’t know what it is.

Neptune is one of the least explored planet's in our solar system. ... dark spots are most likely the result of darkening air particles in a layer below the bright haze on the atmosphere's surface.

This is just the latest in what has been a steady stream of new developments regarding Neptune’s atmosphere. Originally observed in 1989 by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, the first dark spots on the ...

The dark spot on Neptune was strange, however, because it disappeared after Voyager 2's observations. Then, in 2018, the Hubble Space Telescope detected several new Neptunian dark spots in both ...

Over the past few years, the white clouds that usually shroud Neptune’s surface have disappeared, and it may be because of changes in the sun’s activity over its 11-year cycle ...

Chinese scientists propose 2033 Neptune orbiter mission Scientists are proposing China’s first ice giant mission, aiming to ...