"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...

Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly ...

Recent observations of the Kuiper Belt have revealed anomalies that suggest the presence of an undiscovered Neptune-sized ...

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

An exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star 124 light-years from Earth made headlines around the world in April 2025. Researchers at ...

Mathematicians calculated where the planet might be based on its effects on Uranus, and astronomers searched for less than an ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

In this quiz, you'll test your knowledge of Neptune's features, moons, and the science that keeps astronomers fascinated.

NASA's Voyager 1 launched 48 years ago in September 1977 on a decades-spanning journey to study the cosmos and search for ...

Plus, catch Saturn and Neptune at their brightest; spy the "string of pearls" galaxy; and a close encounter of the moon and Jupiter.

During this autumn equinox, astronomy enthusiasts are greeted with an annual astronomical event—the opposition of Neptune. Following the opposition of Saturn on September 21, Neptune will reach its ...

That may be about to change: NASA is preparing a brand new mission that will travel 1 million miles away from Earth in order to map the boundaries of the heliosphere, offering clues to scientists ...