The outer solar system contains a striking crime scene with a big mystery: How did Neptune get a moon like Triton?

Mission concepts to the outer solar system are relatively common, as planetary scientists are increasingly frustrated by our ...

Research suggests the Earth captured the Moon from space, rather than forming the rocky satellite from collision particles ...

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Beyond the planet itself are seven of the giant's 14 moons, the most significant of which is Triton. It appears star-like in the Webb imagery. That's because Neptune is darkened in the telescope's ...

It took this image of Neptune and its moon Triton, one of 77 composite photographs that appeared in Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System, before speeding towards interstellar space. Despite its ...

Aug. 31, 2023 — A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary ...

Our ideas of the colours of the planets Neptune and Uranus have been wrong, research led by UK astronomers reveals. Images from a space mission in the 1980s showed Neptune to be a rich blue and ...

Take the chance in September to get outside and gaze at planets. Neptune is in full opposition this month, and while Saturn's full opposition happened earlier this month, it's still visible if you ...

Mars square Neptune will create an atmosphere where things may become foggy and ambiguous, according to astrologer Valerie Mesa A perplexing transit approaches as Mars will square Neptune ...