Astronomers might have found evidence of a structure located farbeyond Neptune, potentially giving us clues about the solar ...

"Similar to the asteroid belt, the Kuiper Belt is a region of leftovers from the solar system's early history. Like the ...

Point a laser at the planet Neptune tonight and it'll take 4 hours for the beam to arrive. For light itself, the fastest thing in the universe, to need so much time to get there, you'd guess the ...

Scientists have long assumed that, like rocky planets such as Earth, sub-Neptunes begin with molten magma oceans. Their thick hydrogen-rich atmospheres were thought to trap heat efficiently, allowing ...

Screaming winds of infernal violence alternate with periods of dead calm as one nears the surface of Uranus, according to a new analysis of the gas giant. The turbulent weather patterns on gaseous ...

Aug. 11 (UPI) --Thanks to a new computer model, planetary scientists now have a better idea of the types of chemicals hiding beneath Neptune's icy surface. Often, scientists attempt to replicate ...

In our solar system, the two outermost planets of Uranus and Neptune are something of an oddity. Although both planets are of a similar mass and are similarly distant from the sun, the two are ...