Something strange is happening on Neptune. Researchers have studied 17 years of data from the planet, collected using telescopes including the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, ...

New research led by space scientists at the University of Leicester has revealed how temperatures in Neptune’s atmosphere have unexpectedly fluctuated over the past two decades. The study, published ...

The most distant planet in our solar system has presented a new mystery. Astronomers observing Neptune for the past 17 years with multiple ground-based telescopes tracked a surprising drop in the ice ...

We've always known Neptune was cool, but now we know it's way cooler, temperature wise. A recent study published in Planetary Science Journal revealed how temperatures in Neptune's atmosphere have ...

For decades, Uranus and Neptune have been filed neatly into the “ice giant” drawer, shorthand for worlds built mostly from ...

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

Neptune, a cold gas giant that is about four times bigger than the Earth and the farthest planet from our Sun in the Solar System, hasn't really been the subject of in-depth research as much as fellow ...

Neptune’s atmospheric temperature is on an unexpected roller-coaster ride, and it could take decades for scientists to piece together what’s happening at the distant planet. Each Neptune year lasts ...