Why doesn’t our solar system have sub-Neptune exoplanets and what can they teach us about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters ...
This composite shows thermal images of Neptune taken between 2006 and 2020. The first three images (2006, 2009, 2018) were taken with the VISIR instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope while the 2020 ...
Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. To commemorate the event, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken these “anniversary pictures” of ...
Scientists have long assumed that, like rocky planets such as Earth, sub-Neptunes begin with molten magma oceans. Their thick ...
The planets Uranus and Neptune are possibly the least explored planetary objects in our solar system. Due to their incredible distances from Earth, the only spacecraft to have visited these awesome ...
UK independent Neptune Energy has spudded the Calypso exploration well in the Norwegian Sea offshore Norway, which offers tie-back potential in the event of a commercial discovery. The Calypso ...