Point a laser at the planet Neptune tonight and it'll take 4 hours for the beam to arrive. For light itself, the fastest thing in the universe, to need so much time to get there, you'd guess the ...

For decades, Uranus and Neptune have carried the tidy label of “ice giants,” shorthand for worlds built mostly from frozen ...

Screaming winds of infernal violence alternate with periods of dead calm as one nears the surface of Uranus, according to a new analysis of the gas giant. The turbulent weather patterns on gaseous ...

fastest winds Neptune may have the fastest winds in the solar system, but they just skim across the top of the planet's atmosphere, according to a new study. The research, reported in the journal ...

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Aug. 11 (UPI) --Thanks to a new computer model, planetary scientists now have a better idea of the types of chemicals hiding beneath Neptune's icy surface. Often, scientists attempt to replicate ...

A mysterious spot has appeared on the surface of Neptune (Picture: PA) A mysterious dark spot on Neptune has been detected from Earth for the first time – but astronomers don’t know what it is. Using ...

Neptune retrograde will occur from July 2 until Dec. 7. Read on for a deeper meaning behind the cosmic event NASA In astrology, the planet Neptune is said to oversee our dreams, creativity, illusions, ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spied a brand-new blemish on the surface of Neptune. New images from the spacecraft reveal that a “dark vortex” has popped up in the planet’s atmosphere. No, this has ...