According to the study, scientists had assumed that searing heat and thick gas layers would melt mini-Neptune crusts into ...

The moon's oddly skewed dust cloud may be caused by an extreme day-night temperature difference, a new study suggests.

This shimmering view of interstellar gas and dust was captured by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope. The ...

Mercury switches from the evening to morning sky this month, while the giant planets dominate the night. The moons of Jupiter ...

At 4 PM EDT, the Moon passed 4° north of Saturn, followed by a passage 3° north of Neptune at 6 PM EDT. Saturn (magnitude 0.6), visible to the naked eye, and Neptune (magnitude 7.7), requiring optical ...

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Triton returns to the edge of the solar system in search of answers—where did Neptune’s moons really come from? What secrets is Neptune hiding? A cosmic story of capture, identity, and moon-sized ...

Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, and the dwarf planet Pluto may have shared a common origin before being separated in the early solar system, an analysis of their composition suggests. Triton and Pluto ...

Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering at various times printers, scanners, projectors, storage, and monitors. I currently focus my testing efforts on 3D printers, pro and ...

The International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of three new moons in our solar system Feb. 23. Uranus has one additional moon, while Neptune has picked up two ...

Astronomers with the International Astronomical Union have discovered three previously unknown moons at the farthest planets of our solar system — two circling Neptune and one around Uranus. The moons ...

Astronomers have detected new moons around two of our solar system's most unique and intriguing planets. The hidden moons were discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune, and the discovery brings the moon ...