Neptune

Six planets to line up tomorrow evening: Which Indian cities will get the best view of this rare sky spectacle?

Six planets will line up after sunset on 28 February, visible across India under clear skies. From bright Venus to faint Neptune, this rare parade holds more surprises than many expect.

Hot black ice might solve Neptune’s longstanding magnetic mystery; Here's what study says

Scientists suggest superionic “hot black ice” deep inside Neptune may explain its tilted, offset and chaotic magnetic field, offering insights into ice giant interiors and planetary physics.

Are Uranus and Neptune really ice giants? Here's what study says

New research suggests Uranus and Neptune may not be true ice giants, with rocky interiors dominating instead, challenging long-standing models of planetary formation and classification.

OpenAI agrees to acquire AI startup Neptune to boost model training capabilities

The Sam Altman-led firm is already a Neptune customer, using Neptune's tracker to monitor and debug training of its GPT large language models

From Titan to Europa: 8 most stunning Moons of the Solar System

Eight distant worlds hold secrets that still puzzle scientists and spark endless curiosity. Each moon offers a strange allure, inviting questions about what lies beneath, beyond, and waiting to be discovered.

Astronomers spot possible primordial cluster beyond Neptune

Astronomers discovered a primordial cluster beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt. Stable, ancient icy bodies may reveal planetary migration and the Sun’s early formation environment.

From 4.7 billion kilometres away, Voyager 2 captured its final Solar System view that still resonates 36 years later

Voyager 2 launched in 1977 to tour the outer planets. It visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, returning data that transformed scientific understanding.

Is there another hidden world beyond Neptune? Astronomers suspect planet Y

Planet Nine was previously suggested as a possible explanation for distant orbital clustering. It was thought to be ten times Earth’s mass, orbiting far beyond Neptune.

Astronomers spot 'Ammonite', a distant world that questions planet nine

Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii detected a faint, icy body. Now named 2023 KQ14, or Ammonite, it lies well beyond Pluto.

Baby exoplanet caught shrinking under host star’s rays by NASA’s Chandra

This young planet is just 8 million years old today. That’s nearly a thousand times younger than our Earth. But unlike Earth, it sits dangerously close to its parent star.

‘Flower Moon’ 2025 to rise soon: When, where and how to watch May’s Full Moon

This year, the Flower Moon will look slightly different. The Moon will appear about 14 per cent smaller than usual.

What Earth looks like from different planets in the Solar System

Have you ever wondered how our home planet, Earth, looks from other planets in our solar system? Let's take a cosmic journey to explore the breathtaking views of Earth from our celestial neighbors.

Planet 9 in our solar system? Scientists discover potential planet 5-7 times Earth's size, orbiting Sun every 20,000 years

Astronomers are on the hunt for a mysterious ninth planet, known as Planet Nine, which could change our understanding of the solar system. Is this hidden world real, or just a myth?

Astronomer finds new moon orbiting Neptune

Estimated to be about 12 miles (20 km) in diameter, the moon is located about 65,400 miles (105,251 km) from Neptune. Follow-up analysis of other archived Hubble images of Neptune verified the object was a moon.