The International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of three new moons in our solar system Feb. 23. Uranus has one additional moon, while Neptune has picked up ...

NASA's TESS satellite made the find. A Neptune-sized planet closely orbiting its host star has just been discovered, making it only the fourth object of its kind ever identified. Scientists ...

It used to be rare for an orbiting satellite to spoil astronomical observations, but the skies are much more crowded ever ...

Other moons don’t have it nearly so good. Neptune, for example, has over a dozen moons, and for all those tiny worlds to coexist, some interesting patterns have emerged. In a new post ...

Two new moons of Neptune, and one new moon of Uranus, have been discovered, taking each planet's total moon count to 16 and ...

Beyond the planet itself are seven of the giant's 14 moons, the most significant of which is Triton. It appears star-like in the Webb imagery. That's because Neptune is darkened in the telescope's ...

But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night ... Why Uranus and Neptune Are Different Colors May 31, 2022 — Astronomers may now understand why ...

Our ideas of the colours of the planets Neptune and Uranus have been wrong, research led by UK astronomers reveals. Images from a space mission in the 1980s showed Neptune to be a rich blue and ...

A planet’s opposition occurs when Earth passes between it and the Sun. As a consequence of that geometry, Neptune’s disk will appear to be 100% illuminated as seen from Earth. It will be 180º ...

4, 2024 — Neptune is fondly known for being a rich ... Webb captured this dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, and ... Uranus Aurora Discovery Offers Clues to Habitable Icy Worlds Oct.

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center has announced the discovery of three previously unknown moons of Uranus and Neptune. The latest addition brings Uranus's total moon ...