Which planet is the furthest from the sun? Some may think it’s Pluto, but it’s actually Neptune. Learn more about this ice ...

In our solar system, the two outermost planets of Uranus and Neptune are something of an oddity. Although both planets are of a similar mass and are similarly distant from the sun, the two are ...

Lying at the very outskirts of our solar system, the ice giant Neptune has long represented both a challenge and a mystery to astronomers and space explorers alike. The dark and cold planet, the ...

Neptune is one of two "ice giants" in the solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Neptune is the farthest planet from the ...

Uranus and Neptune are the outermost planets of the solar system. In size, possibly bulk composition, and their large distance from the Sun they are similar and clearly segregated from the inner ...

While the giant, icy worlds are similar in many ways, a thinner, more active haze makes Neptune more blue than Uranus. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Roses are red. Neptune’s deep blue. Why, scientists ...

Scientists have discovered that the depths of Uranus, Neptune and their satellites may contain extraordinary compounds, such as carbonic and orthocarbonic acids. It is no accident researchers have ...

A new analysis finds that images from Voyager 2's close encounter with Neptune show the planet as being far too blue In the summer of 1989, from a remote expanse of our solar system where sunlight is ...

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these planets be called "rocky giants" instead. Astronomers have long called Uranus ...

On Earth, we experience rain composed of liquid water. On Titan, it rains liquid methane. And on Uranus and Neptune, it rains solid diamonds. For the first time, researchers have now simulated and ...