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Uranus (left) and Neptune (right) seen by Voyager 2 during flybys in 1986 and 1989. Credit: Uranus: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill; Neptune: NASA/JPL-Caltech

A lack of wind keeps a dull haze layer around Uranus

Uranus is very similar to Neptune, but looks very different.
By Phil Plait | 
2 months ago
Artwork showing a gas giant planet orbiting a red dwarf. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon

Rare beast: An eccentric Neptunish exoplanet orbits a nearby red dwarf star

Big planets around tiny stars are very uncommon.
By Phil Plait | 
6 months ago
distant space

Farfarout is now literally the most far-out object in the solar system

By Elizabeth Rayne | 
1 year ago
A Hubble image taken in January 2020 shows a large dark spot on Neptune and a smaller one that may have spun off of it. Credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and L.A. Sromovsky and P.M. Fry (University of Wisconsin-Ma

Defying death, a monster storm on Neptune makes a U-turn

By Phil Plait | 
1 year ago
The orbit of Neptune’s moon Naiad (in red, shown over many orbits) keeps it away from the other tiny moon Thalassa; otherwise they’d eventually interact. Credit; NASA/JPL-Caltech

The dance of Neptune's water sprite moons

By Phil Plait | 
1 year ago
NASA image of Triton

NASA proposes mission to Neptune's bizarre moon Triton, which could be hiding a subsurface ocean

By Elizabeth Rayne | 
2 years ago
Artwork depicting a Kuiper Belt Object far beyond Neptune. Credit: ASA/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI)

Neptune's back yard just got 316 new residents

By Phil Plait | 
2 years ago
NASA image of Jupiter and Io

Fascinating new NASA mission concepts will make you want them all to launch

By Elizabeth Rayne | 
2 years ago
Artwork depicting Neptune and its small moon Hippocamp. Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Olmsted (STScI)

How to make a moon of Neptune: Whack another moon REALLY hard.

By Phil Plait | 
3 years ago
Uranus (left) and Neptune (right) seen by Hubble in late 2018. Both are monitored every year or so for atmospheric features.

"And what is this newfound love for the ice giants?"

By Phil Plait | 
3 years ago
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