A close-in exoplanet is triggering stellar flares and self-destructing. This is the first direct evidence of planet-star ...

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

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

Vera Rubin fundamentally advanced our knowledge of galactic dynamics, laid the groundwork for dark matter research, and worked throughout her life to ensure women had a place in science ...

It’s known for its deep blue colour and powerful storms. Neptune has 14 known moons, with Triton being the largest. Its winds are the fastest in the solar system, reaching over 2,000 km/h.

From a bar in the clouds to finding more water from the Moon, outer space is constantly surprising us. A vast universe Think ...

The planets in order from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. If you include the ...

At the time of this writing, June 23, Jupiter was about half a degree left of the afternoon Sun and due to pass behind it ...

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

The New Horizons spacecraft showed this when it flew by around a decade ago. Interestingly enough, Neptune, which is the closest planet to Pluto, crosses orbits with the dwarf planet. Pluto is inside ...

If there were one, that Planet Nine would "nudge the closest part of 2017 OF201's trajectory inward until Neptune flung it out of the solar system." Because 2017 OF201 is there, that could be an ...