NASA discovers something on Neptune and Uranus: "There are more than 5000" The ice giants of the solar system have long been ...

On Neptune far out in the solar system it’s a different story—but what happens on the ice giant planet nevertheless appears to be inextricably linked to the same solar cycle. Having looked at ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

Feb. 2, 2024 — Astronomers have shown new atmospheric detail in a set of 15 exoplanets similar to Neptune. While none could support humanity, a better understanding of their behavior might help ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Neptune, the frigid world that lives past Saturn and Uranus, has been known to host ...

A pair of dwarf planets lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system could still be geologically active, increasing the chances that they could support alien life, a new study suggests.

"K2-18b cannot be classified as a mini-Neptune, it is more likely to be a ... like DNA or any of the other building blocks of life to form," she told BBC News. Prof David Charbonneau, also from ...