Neptune News

The Sky Today on Sunday, August 30: The Moon, Neptune, and Saturn - Astronomy Magazine

The Sky Today on Sunday, August 30: The Moon, Neptune, and Saturn Astronomy Magazine

Voyager 2 Reached Uranus in January 1986 and Neptune in August 1989. Four Decades Later it Remains Humanity's Only Close Look at Either Planet - 19FortyFive

Voyager 2 Reached Uranus in January 1986 and Neptune in August 1989. Four Decades Later it Remains Humanity's Only Close Look at Either Planet 19FortyFive

Astronomers identified a dwarf-planet candidate beyond Neptune in 2025 whose orbit lasts nearly 24,000 years and carries it beyond the survey’s detection range for 99.5% of the journey — so finding even one suggests roughly 200 similar worlds may be circl - Space Daily

Astronomers identified a dwarf-planet candidate beyond Neptune in 2025 whose orbit lasts nearly 24,000 years and carries it beyond the survey’s detection range for 99.5% of the journey — so finding even one suggests roughly 200 similar worlds may be circl Space Daily

September night sky: Opportunity knocks for Neptune - The Times

September night sky: Opportunity knocks for Neptune The Times

Neptune’s tiny moons may be the wreckage of shattered ancient worlds - Science Daily

Neptune’s tiny moons may be the wreckage of shattered ancient worlds Science Daily

Bright and dim planets - MyEasternShoreMD

Bright and dim planets MyEasternShoreMD

Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune's moons - Reuters

Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune's moons Reuters

Neptune's Inner Moons May Be Shattered Remains of Ancient Icy Worlds - Caltech

Neptune's Inner Moons May Be Shattered Remains of Ancient Icy Worlds Caltech

Voyager 2 Arriving at Neptune After a 12-Year Journey - Britannica

Voyager 2 Arriving at Neptune After a 12-Year Journey Britannica

The depths of Neptune and Uranus may be “superionic” - Carnegie Science

The depths of Neptune and Uranus may be “superionic” Carnegie Science

The Moon That Tipped a Planet - Universe Today

The Moon That Tipped a Planet Universe Today

ASU astronomers reveal how clouds shape hidden interiors of galaxy's most common planets - ASU News

ASU astronomers reveal how clouds shape hidden interiors of galaxy's most common planets ASU News

This Neptune-sized world orbits backwards, hinting at a hidden giant's influence - Science X

This Neptune-sized world orbits backwards, hinting at a hidden giant's influence Science X

Many planets might be ‘soot factories’, according to new study - University of Chicago News

Many planets might be ‘soot factories’, according to new study University of Chicago News

Once the Solar System's Ninth Planet, Pluto Was Reclassified 20 Years Ago. Here's Why Planetary Scientists and the Public Alike Love the Small, Icy Body - Smithsonian Magazine

Once the Solar System's Ninth Planet, Pluto Was Reclassified 20 Years Ago. Here's Why Planetary Scientists and the Public Alike Love the Small, Icy Body Smithsonian Magazine

Uranus and Neptune could be full of rocks, new study suggests - Space

Uranus and Neptune could be full of rocks, new study suggests Space

When scientists announced Webb’s first definitive detection of Neptune’s auroras in March 2025, they revealed another surprise: observations taken in 2023 showed that the planet’s upper atmosphere had cooled by several hundred degrees since Voyager 2 - Space Daily

When scientists announced Webb’s first definitive detection of Neptune’s auroras in March 2025, they revealed another surprise: observations taken in 2023 showed that the planet’s upper atmosphere had cooled by several hundred degrees since Voyager 2 Space Daily

Moons of Neptune | Table, List, Year Discovered, & Facts - Britannica

Moons of Neptune | Table, List, Year Discovered, & Facts Britannica

Scientists crushed diamond beyond Neptune-like pressures—and solved a 20-year mystery - Science Daily

Scientists crushed diamond beyond Neptune-like pressures—and solved a 20-year mystery Science Daily

A planet called WASP-127b, roughly 520 light-years from Earth, has a jet stream ripping around its equator at up to 33,000 km/h — more than 18 times faster than Neptune's winds, the fastest found anywhere in our own Solar System. - Space Daily

A planet called WASP-127b, roughly 520 light-years from Earth, has a jet stream ripping around its equator at up to 33,000 km/h — more than 18 times faster than Neptune's winds, the fastest found anywhere in our own Solar System. Space Daily

Neptune May Have Once Witnessed a Lunar Massacre That Turned Its Original Moons 'Inside Out' - Smithsonian Magazine

Neptune May Have Once Witnessed a Lunar Massacre That Turned Its Original Moons 'Inside Out' Smithsonian Magazine

The hidden mysteries of our ice giant planets - Nature

The hidden mysteries of our ice giant planets Nature

Planet nine mystery deepens as new discovery challenges hidden planet theory - Science Daily

Planet nine mystery deepens as new discovery challenges hidden planet theory Science Daily

JWST pins down the origins of a planetary odd couple - Phys.org

JWST pins down the origins of a planetary odd couple Phys.org

The most common type of planet discovered in the Milky Way may be a world that does not exist in our solar system — larger than Earth, smaller than Neptune, and wrapped in an atmosphere we barely understand - Space Daily

The most common type of planet discovered in the Milky Way may be a world that does not exist in our solar system — larger than Earth, smaller than Neptune, and wrapped in an atmosphere we barely understand Space Daily

Astronomers Uncover Evidence Of A Huge Object Lurking Beyond Neptune - IFLScience

Astronomers Uncover Evidence Of A Huge Object Lurking Beyond Neptune IFLScience

The most common type of planet in the known galaxy is one that does not exist in our solar system — a world larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, a size our own neighbourhood entirely skipped, now counted in the thousands across NASA's confirmed - Space Daily

The most common type of planet in the known galaxy is one that does not exist in our solar system — a world larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, a size our own neighbourhood entirely skipped, now counted in the thousands across NASA's confirmed Space Daily

How does a planet 4.5 billion kilometres from the Sun, where daylight is roughly 900 times dimmer than on Earth, whip up the fastest winds in the entire solar system? - Space Daily

How does a planet 4.5 billion kilometres from the Sun, where daylight is roughly 900 times dimmer than on Earth, whip up the fastest winds in the entire solar system? Space Daily

Smashed Ice Worlds Formed Neptune's Inner Moons and Rings - Universe Today

Smashed Ice Worlds Formed Neptune's Inner Moons and Rings Universe Today

Nereid Could be Neptune’s Only Original Moon - Sky & Telescope

Nereid Could be Neptune’s Only Original Moon Sky & Telescope

2026, September 4: Moon With Taurus, Bright Morning Planets, Venus Near Spica, and Uranus Before Sunrise - When the Curves Line Up

2026, September 4: Moon With Taurus, Bright Morning Planets, Venus Near Spica, and Uranus Before Sunrise When the Curves Line Up

Astronomers believe Neptunian moon is lone intact survivor of ancient collision - CNN

Astronomers believe Neptunian moon is lone intact survivor of ancient collision CNN

A tiny 'plutino' world beyond Neptune has grown a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how - Space

A tiny 'plutino' world beyond Neptune has grown a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how Space

Deep inside the planet Neptune, the pressure is so extreme that carbon atoms are crushed into actual diamonds — which then rain downward in solid showers through the planet's interior — and recent laboratory experiments have successfully recreated the c - Space Daily

Deep inside the planet Neptune, the pressure is so extreme that carbon atoms are crushed into actual diamonds — which then rain downward in solid showers through the planet's interior — and recent laboratory experiments have successfully recreated the c Space Daily