A newly discovered distant mini-Neptune planet may possess its own atmosphere, ocean, or a combination of the two, even if they don't last for long. The extrasolar planet, or exoplanet ...

‘It was a long-running saga, but what excites me is trying to figure out what it is that makes temperature change in the upper atmosphere of Neptune,’ he said. Dr O’Donoghue ...

I had been waiting my entire career for Webb so that we could meaningfully characterize the atmospheres of these smaller ...

an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it could be a giant rocky planet shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere. TOI-270 d is only 73 light years from Earth and could serve ...

Neptune, which has a blue hue due to the methane in its atmosphere, is a frozen world with an average temperature of minus 392 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 235 degrees Celsius) and screaming winds ...

Irwin told me that he and his team had set out to study the atmosphere of both Neptune and Uranus, not to investigate the specific mystery of Neptune’s lovely appearance. The two ice giants—so ...

This map showed a big change in temperature between the mini-Neptune’s day and night sides — only possible if its atmosphere is made of heavier molecules, such as water or methane. pic.twitter ...

A recent study suggests a relationship between solar cycles and the atmosphere of the solar system ... Saturn has glimmering rings. And Neptune has ghostly clouds — at least, it used to.

Scientists have discovered water vapor on a planet the size of Neptune located 124 light-years from Earth, marking the first such discovery in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system ...