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 ...

Neptune is one of two "ice giants" in the solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Neptune is the farthest planet from the ...

In our solar system, the two outermost planets of Uranus and Neptune are something of an oddity. Although both planets are of a similar mass and are similarly distant from the sun, the two are ...

Uranus and Neptune are the outermost planets of the solar system. In size, possibly bulk composition, and their large distance from the Sun they are similar and clearly segregated from the inner ...

While the giant, icy worlds are similar in many ways, a thinner, more active haze makes Neptune more blue than Uranus. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Roses are red. Neptune’s deep blue. Why, scientists ...

Scientists have discovered that the depths of Uranus, Neptune and their satellites may contain extraordinary compounds, such as carbonic and orthocarbonic acids. It is no accident researchers have ...

Neptune is not as blue as you’ve been led to believe, and Uranus’s shifting colors are better explained, in new research. By Becky Ferreira Think of Uranus and Neptune, the solar system’s outermost ...

On Earth, we experience rain composed of liquid water. On Titan, it rains liquid methane. And on Uranus and Neptune, it rains solid diamonds. For the first time, researchers have now simulated and ...

In this quiz, you'll test your knowledge of Neptune's features, moons, and the science that keeps astronomers fascinated. Named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune is a world of powerful storms, ...

"Although the familiar Voyager 2 images of Uranus were published in a form closer to 'true' color, those of Neptune were, in fact, stretched and enhanced, and therefore made artificially too blue." ...