Are there hidden planets in our solar system? New technologies, like the powerful Rubin Observatory, brings us closer to ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a distant exoplanet.
In all these instances, the discovery was made at the telescope, in one or two cases purely by accident. The discovery of Neptune was on a far different level of human achievement; the ...
But when the Hubble Space Telescope turned its gaze toward Neptune’s dark eye in 1994, the spot had disappeared. Since then, at least five more shadowy spots have peppered Neptune’s face.
31, 2023 — A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international ... 2023 — Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot ...
While looking at compiled data from NASA’s now-retired Kepler space telescope ... Earth but smaller than Neptune that scientists are calling Kepler-385. The discovery marks one of only a ...
Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...
Moons of Neptune: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured seven of Neptune’s 14 known moons: Galatea, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Proteus, Larissa, and Triton. The planet's large and ...
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...