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A massive dark storm on Neptune that was first spotted two years ago has suddenly changed directions, leaving experts without answers. The storm was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018, ...

Neptune receives a tiny fraction of the sunlight that strikes Earth, yet somehow, that’s enough to transform the clouds of this faraway world. The main driver of cloud formation is generally the ...

For decades, astronomers thought Neptune’s moon Nereid was probably a captured object from the Kuiper Belt. A new study now points to a very different story: Nereid may actually be one of Neptune’s ...

A recent study suggests a relationship between solar cycles and the atmosphere of the solar system’s eighth planet. By Robin George Andrews Each planet of the solar system has its own look. Earth has ...

One of Neptune's largest moons has stuck around the neighborhood much longer than scientists previously thought — in fact, it may be the sole survivor of the planet's earliest days. Nereid, Neptune's ...

Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets, mathematical puzzles, dinosaur bones, black holes, supernovas, and sometimes, the drama of philosophical ...

Astronomers have shown new atmospheric detail in a set of 15 exoplanets similar to Neptune. While none could support humanity, a better understanding of their behavior might help us to understand why ...