The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

The planet Neptune has a large dark spot "with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it," inveru observations using ...

Neptune and Uranus are the seventh and eighth planets from the sun, and as such share a lot of the same characteristics.

The presence of an enormous Neptune-sized exoplanet 90 light-years from Earth has been confirmed after it was first spotted in 2019. The study, published in The Astronomical Journal, confirms the ...

While the most famous planetary spot in the solar system would have to be Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, an epic storm 10,000 miles wide that has been raging for hundreds of years, other planets are known ...

It’s almost impossible to believe, but this image of Neptune was not taken by a spacecraft near the giant planet. It was instead taken by a telescope right here on Earth. The rest of this article is ...

Two new studies point to peculiar possibilities for planetary evolution. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New research suggests ...

Three newly discovered worlds are among the smallest and nearest we've ever detected. NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS — a super-powerful orbiting telescope designed to hunt for ...

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a dark spot ...