Neptune is the keeper of the deep: The last known major planet from the Sun, the god of the boundless sea beyond the inner solar system that marks the shore of the black depths of interstellar space.
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The sky today on Thursday, January 1: Follow Saturn to Neptune
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet’s rings in more than 30 ...
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The planet of ice and storms: How Neptune changed our view of the solar system
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 ...
In a nutshell: NASA has shared another image from the James Webb Space Telescope of a target in our own backyard. On Wednesday, the space agency published an image of Neptune captured using Webb's ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared camera (NIRCam) captured stunning imagery of Neptune. It is the "clearest view of this peculiar planet’s rings in more than 30 years,” according to ...
Experts are not sure why Neptune's auroras can be seen around the planet's "mid-latitudes," and not the north and south poles NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin (Northumbria ...
Voyager 2's image of Neptune released shortly after the flyby in 1989 (left) with the newly reprocessed version in true colour (right). A new study suggests that Neptune and Uranus are a similar shade ...
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, ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. With its vanishing clouds and now a large dark spot, the planet ...
Neptune from Voyager 2 spacecraft, c1980s. The Voyager 2 space probe was launched by NASA in August 1977. The purpose of the Voyager programme was to study the outer Solar System. Artist NASA. (Photo ...
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Uranus and Neptune may be 'rock giants,' not 'ice giants,' new model of their cores suggests
A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.
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