Discovered through the Formation of the Outer Solar System: An Icy Legacy (FOSSIL) survey using the Subaru Telescope in ...

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

A team of astronomers discovered a strange object in the outer solar system that is in a resonant orbit with Neptune.

The ice giant Neptune will be at opposition on Tuesday (Sept. 19), meaning it will be in a straight line with our planet and the sun, with Earth in in the center. The eighth and most distant ...

The planet Neptune has a large dark spot "with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it," inveru observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO ...

Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice ...

Saturn and Neptune rose with the Moon on Wednesday, 16 July 2025, creating a rare sky event believed to carry emotional and spiritual significance for certain zodiac signs.

The half-lit lunar disk will rise alongside the ringed giant Saturn and dimmer Neptune in the early morning hours of June 19, putting on a spectacular show just six hours after the moon hits its third ...

One year on Neptune lasts for about 165 Earth years, so a single season can last around 40 years. It’s been summertime in Neptune’s southern hemisphere since 2005.

A passing star, or a stellar flyby, with the potential to pull Neptune out of its orbit by just 0.1%, could mean catastrophe for the entire solar system. But don’t worry — it won’t happen in ...

Neptune is among the least explored of the solar system's eight planets, with its great distance making it difficult to study from Earth. NASA's Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have made a ...

Mysterious Neptune dark spot detected from Earth for the first time Date: August 24, 2023 Source: ESO Summary: Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot ...