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 ...

Recent observations of the Kuiper Belt have revealed anomalies that suggest the presence of an undiscovered Neptune-sized planet. This potential celestial body, often referred to as “Planet Y,” could ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frigid and far-flung Neptune, our solar system's outermost planet, is adding to its reputation as an enigmatic world, with astronomers puzzled by a surprising drop in its ...

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 ...

Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun – The Distant Planet. This bright blue orb hanging out near the edge of the solar system has garnered intrigue from sky watchers and scientists alike. Like its ...

Astronomer used to think that the Kuiper Belt was a few hundred times larger than the Asteroid belt. They thought it was a donut shaped structure that started at Neptune and extended out 2 billion ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has peered at Uranus, left, and Neptune to study the so-called "ice giant" planets, but little is known about their interior composition. Credit: NASA / ESA / M. Showalter / ...

The New Horizons spacecraft is perhaps most famous for revealing the icy world Pluto in 2015, flying by the distant dwarf planet and sending back stunning imagery of a dynamic world. But the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a planet orbits close to its star, causing its atmosphere to dissolve away A newly discovered distant mini-Neptune planet may ...