The predawn hours of April 28 will see a planetary triangle form in the night sky, as Venus makes a close approach to Saturn following a conjunction, while Neptune, invisible to the naked eye, will ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

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In researching the upcoming Saturn–Neptune conjunction—reaching near-exact alignment this summer and culminating on February 20, 2026—I was struck by how deeply rooted this theme is.

Jupiter is unlikely to be unique. “You can just extend that to Uranus, Neptune — certainly to exoplanets as well,” de Pater said. The atmosphere on Jupiter is radically different from that on Earth.

This January, a stunning six planets aligned in the night sky: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. In February, seven planets aligned, adding Mercury to the mix. April’s planetary ...

Inferring planet composition from observations of clouds Gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn and ice giants like Neptune and Uranus are a major focus of current space missions and large telescopes ...

Gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn and ice giants like Neptune and Uranus are a major focus of current space missions and large telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope, in part ...

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Gemini North telescope and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility observations of Neptune and Uranus may have revealed why they differ in color. Credit: Directed by ...

The irregular characteristics are only possessed by moons around the four giant planets, namely Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Unlike the primary moons, the orbits of these irregular moons are ...