Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...

Astronomers discovered the moon using the Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, which also assisted in the discovery of the two new moons orbiting Neptune.

Neptune's moon names and discovery dates Here is a list of Neptune's 14 named moons and the dates of their discovery according to NASA . Despina: Discovered in July 1989 by the Voyager 2 science team.

Scientific discovery is a funny thing. Sometimes it occurs quite accidentally, sometimes after a conscious search. A perfect example of the latter is the discovery of the planet Neptune ...

Discovery of Neptune, in This Week’s Open Thread Join Slate’s open thread for the week of September 23. Sept 23, 2024 12:01 AM. This NASA Voyager 2 image released 21 August, 2001 shows that ...

Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea. Its largest moon, Triton, was discovered in 1846 by English astronomer William Lassell, 17 days after German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle ...

Neptune, the frigid world that lives past Saturn and Uranus, has been known to host large storms in its atmosphere. Recent observations of a “dark spot” storm on the planet revealed something ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory ...

NASA's TESS satellite has discovered a Neptune-sized exoplanet closely orbiting its host star. It's just the fourth object of ...