Even at Neptune's incredible distance from the sun, astronomers have long suspected it has auroras, though they had never seen them until now. The James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA ...

Neptune's original family of satellites may have been destroyed when its largest moon, Triton, entered the picture. New research suggests that the massive moon may have tossed some of the original ...

Now’s the time to search out Neptune. On August 24, this distant planet reaches opposition, meaning it lies opposite the Sun in our sky, giving it the year’s biggest and brightest appearance. It then ...

Neptune is one of two planets not visible to Earth by the naked eye. This is perhaps the main reason why it was the first planet to be discovered by mathematical prediction. It was separately ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's first images of Neptune, the mysterious ice giant that orbits in the far reaches of the outer solar system, were so spectacular that even astronomers could barely ...

Lying at the very outskirts of our solar system, the ice giant Neptune has long represented both a challenge and a mystery to astronomers and space explorers alike. The dark and cold planet, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Something unexpected is happening on Neptune and astronomers ...

We and our partners use technologies, such as cookies, and collect browsing data to give you the best online experience and to personalise the content and advertising shown to you. Please let us know ...