At visible wavelengths Neptune has a distinctly bluer color whereas Uranus is a pale shade of cyan. Astronomers now have an explanation for why the two planets are different colors. New research ...

Above it sits a layer with the same thickness but made of water, and, to top it all off, an atmosphere 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) thick. Neptune is similar in size to Uranus but not exactly a ...

NASA discovers something on Neptune and Uranus: "There are more than 5000" The ice giants of the solar system have long been ...

Heads up! Four planets are visible in the evening sky this month, and another two planets can be found with a little help.

An exploded view of an ice giant planet such as Uranus or Neptune. A new theory proposes that below the dense atmosphere lies a water-rich layer (blue) that has separated from a deeper layer of hot, ...

The deeper layers essentially don't form a lot of chemical ... the implications of this find extend far beyond our own solar system. Neptune- and Uranus-type exoplanets are more abundant than ...

or Neptune-like icy planets surrounded by water-rich atmospheres, called water worlds. Previous studies have been confounded by layers of high, thick clouds, which seem to be common on this type ...

But with the retrograde, all of that is set to change. “When Neptune goes into retrograde, it’s a time to peel back the layers of reality and look within,” says Andrews. “Neptune ...

Beautiful photos of the six planets aligned in the night sky have emerged online. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and ...