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Half a dozen planets - Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - will put on a dazzling display in the sky on ...
Neptune is big, it’s blue, and it is a planet that can tear you apart if you happen to drop into one of its massive, ...
Astronomers propose a new hypothetical planet, Planet Y, beyond Neptune, based on observed orbital anomalies in the Kuiper ...
(CNN) — Astronomers have discovered three previously unknown moons around Uranus and Neptune, the most distant planets in our solar system.
The Solar System does not have a clear border. The influence of the Sun in certain domains is small enough for the Voyager ...
Neptune’s large moon Triton may have abandoned an earlier partner to arrive in its unusual orbit around Neptune. Triton is unique among all the large moons in the solar system because it orbits ...
New discoveries of objects in the Kuiper Belt have also presented challenges for the Planet Nine theory. The latest is known ...
Webb also captured seven of Neptune's 14 known moons, including its largest moon, Triton, which moves around the planet at an unusual backward orbit.
Future missions to Uranus and Neptune are in the preliminary planning stages, and more data on their moons will allow the team to better study these far-flung planets.
A new study suggests the existence of Planet Y. This hidden planet may be affecting the Kuiper Belt. The gravity of Planet Y ...