Artist depiction of the mini-Neptune K2-18 b. Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmstead (STScI), N. Madhusudhan. Credit: Cambridge University Exoplanet K2-18b is garnering a lot of attention. James Webb ...

Neptune’s supersonic winds and icy storms revealed a planet so extreme that it forever changed our picture of the solar system. The discovery of Neptune in 1846 was not just the triumph of mathematics ...

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Scientists may have missed the mark when they started referring to Uranus and Neptune as the "ice giant" planets of the solar system decades ago. Like giving a certain short-armed dinosaur a name that ...

A team of astronomers has announced the discovery of some of the smallest planets yet detected beyond our solar system. The two newly discovered planets represent a new class of extrasolar planets, ...

Scientists have helped solve the mystery of what lies beneath the surface of Neptune – the most distant planet in our solar system. A new study sheds light on the chemical make-up of the planet, which ...

This work's sample overlaid with known transiting planets. Hexagons indicate planets in our sample also being observed by JWST through Cycle 2, while triangles are not yet scheduled or approved for ...

Artist’s concept of a Neptune-sized planet, left, around a blue, A-type star. UC Berkeley astronomers have discovered a hard-to-find gas giant around one of these bright, but short-lived, stars, right ...

"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 ...

Neptune retrograde will occur from July 2 until Dec. 7. Read on for a deeper meaning behind the cosmic event NASA In astrology, the planet Neptune is said to oversee our dreams, creativity, illusions, ...