Neptune
Scientists Examine Geological Processes of Monad Regio on Neptune’s Largest Moon, Triton
In a recent study submitted to the journal Icarus, a team of researchers at the International Research School of Planetary…
Will Triton finally answer, ‘Are we alone?’
We recently examined how and why Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, could answer the longstanding question: Are we alone? With its…
China is Considering a Nuclear-Powered Mission to Neptune
A team of Chinese scientists have proposed a mission that would explore Neptune and its largest moon Triton using a…
The Rings of Uranus and Neptune Could Help map Their Interiors
Mapping the interior of the ice giants is difficult, to say the least. Not only are they far away and…
Why are Uranus and Neptune Different Colors? Haze
Way back in the late 1980s, the Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Uranus and Neptune. During the flybys, we got to…
Neptune’s Temperature is Behaving Strangely
One of the great things about science is that it builds on itself over time. Data collected decades ago is…
Why do Uranus and Neptune Have Magnetic Fields? Hot ice
The outer “ice giant” planets, Neptune and Uranus, have plenty of mysteries. One of the biggest is where exactly they…
Giant Balls of Mush Made From Ammonia and Water Form in the Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune
One advantage to planetary science is that insights from one planet could explain phenomena on another. We understand Venus’ greenhouse…
Hubble Releases a New Image of Neptune, Revealing a Rapidly Shifting Storm
Storms on Neptune seem to follow a pattern of forming, strengthening and then dissipating over the course of about two…
Neptune & Triton – August 31, 1989.
Image-processor extraordinaire Kevin Gill has reached back in time to give us a new image of Neptune and its moon…