On Neptune far out in the solar system it’s ... boosting the sunspot number on its surface and causing more violent outbursts. This sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images chronicles the ...

Get the facts on this planet of extremes. Orbiting the Sun at a distance of 4.5 billion kilometres - more than 30 times further out than the Earth - Neptune is a dark, icy world. Receiving just one ...

That's because Neptune is darkened in the telescope's view ... reflects an average of 70% of the sunlight that strikes its icy surface. It's very bright. Space telescope reveals 'incredible ...

On Mars the surface is rocky and desert-like ... Last but not least is Neptune. You'll want to pack a windbreaker for this visit. Nicknamed "the windiest planet," Neptune's strongest winds ...

A planetary scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, now proposes an alternative theory—that the interiors of both these planets are layered, and that the two layers, like oil and ...

Neptune is the furthest planet from the Sun ... Its thick atmosphere acts like a blanket trapping the Sun’s heat inside. The surface of Venus is dry and rocky with lava flows across parts ...

An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the ...