Neptune

New Horizons Spots Neptune’s Moon Triton

[/caption] New Horizons got a great shot of Neptune's moon Triton last fall, as it was trucking toward Pluto and…

15 years ago

Pluto Spacecraft Gets Brain Transplant

[/caption] Still seven years away from its rendezvous with Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft was awoken from hibernation for the…

16 years ago

How Old is Triton’s Surface?

With all of the press going to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, it's about time that Neptune got a…

16 years ago

Podcast: Neptune

We’ve reached Neptune, the final planet in our tour through the solar system – but don’t worry! The tour’s not…

16 years ago

Neptune’s South Pole is the Warmest Place on the Planet

Here on Earth we think of the poles as cold places, but on Neptune, it's just the opposite. New images…

17 years ago

Are There Oceans on Neptune?

Smaller and cooler than the gas giants, Neptune and Uranus are classified as ice giants. It's a good name, since…

18 years ago

Three Trojans Found in Neptune’s Orbit

Researchers have discovered three new objects sharing trailing behind Neptune in the same orbit. These asteroid-sized objects are locked into…

18 years ago

Three Neptunes Orbiting Another Star

An artist's impression of a planetary system around HD 69830. Image credit: ESO. Click to enlarge Astronomers have discovered a…

18 years ago

Neptune Kidnapped Triton from Another Planet

Neptune's largest moon, Triton. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge Neptune's moon Triton is unique in the Solar System because…

18 years ago

Hubble’s Neptune Movies

Photographs of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope have been assembled into time-lapse movies that show the planet's dynamic…

19 years ago