Neptune is called an “ice giant” because it’s mostly made of a thick, slushy mix of water, methane, and ammonia, which ...

For the first time in history, we now have real, high-resolution images of Neptune that go beyond artist impressions and telescope visuals. Captured by advanced space telescopes and spacecraft ...

Large spots are common features in the atmospheres of giant planets, the most famous being Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. A dark spot was first discovered on Neptune by Nasa’s Voyager 2 in 1989 ...

Neptune is one of the least explored planet's in our solar system. It is the eighth in our solar system, at a distance of roughly 2.8 billion miles away from our sun.

For one, Triton is big. It's the seventh-largest moon in the solar system, and it's over 200 times bigger than all of the other moons of Neptune combined, which makes it really stick out.. Second ...

Chinese scientists propose 2033 Neptune orbiter mission Scientists are proposing China’s first ice giant mission, aiming to ...

For decades, images taken of Neptune have looked like the planet has a deep blue hue, while Uranus seemed more green. However, these two ice giants may actually look more similar to eachother than ...

Over the past few years, the white clouds that usually shroud Neptune’s surface have disappeared, and it may be because of changes in the sun’s activity over its 11-year cycle ...