Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a dark spot ...

James Webb found Neptune's moon Nereid has an unusual icy surface, suggesting it formed alongside the planet instead of being captured later.

While the most famous planetary spot in the solar system would have to be Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, an epic storm 10,000 miles wide that has been raging for hundreds of years, other planets are known ...

One of the most common types of exoplanets falls in a size range between Earth and Neptune. Astronomers have debated whether these planets are Earth-like rocky planets with thick hydrogen-rich ...

Of all the potential super-Earths—terrestrial exoplanets more massive than Earth—out there, an exoplanet orbiting a star only 40 light-years away from us in the constellation Cetus might be the most ...

The planet transfer its magnetic energy into the outer atmosphere of its star.

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere), but be sure to check my main feed for more ...

The planet Neptune has a large dark spot "with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it," inveru observations using ...

A strange dark spot on Neptune has been observed from Earth for the first time, offering fresh clues into how these marks form. In 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 space probe detected a shadowy region on ...

This image shows Neptune observed with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). At each pixel within Neptune Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large ...