The half-lit lunar disk will rise alongside the ringed giant Saturn and dimmer Neptune in the early morning hours of June 19, ...

Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...

If Earth had Auroras in similar areas to Neptune, they wouldn't be in the poles - but near Japan and Argentina. advertisement. Metro. Here's how Neptune's aurora could look if it was on Earth.

Considering the deepest point of Earth's ocean (35,876 feet) equates to roughly 6.8 miles, that makes the oceans of Uranus and Neptune approximately 715 times deeper than our own.

The Great Dark Spot on Neptune, the nickname given to the largest storm witnessed by Voyager 2, was so large that it could contain Earth. Neptune’s storms behave differently than hurricanes on ...

Neptune's elliptical, oval-shaped orbit keeps the planet an average distance from the sun of almost 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers), or roughly 30 times as far away as Earth, making it ...

Earth has warmed over the last 100 years due to human activities that release greenhouse gases. There is no hundred-year temperature record for Jupiter, Neptune, Mars or Pluto.

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 ...

An artist's impression of Neptune, one of the least explored planets in the solar system. Scientists have discovered a dark spot on the planet from Earth for the first time.

No spacecraft has visited Neptune since 1989, when the NASA probe Voyager 2 flew past on its way out of the solar system. Neptune, which is four times as wide as Earth, is the most distant planet ...

Skywatchers in central Wisconsin can expect a stunning week ahead, with planetary pairings, moon phases and celestial ...