12 May 2017
Warm Neptune with primitive atmosphere discovered
... form and develop in far-flung galaxies. "This 'Warm Neptune' is a much smaller planet than those we have been able...perhaps both – a stark contrast compared to how scientists think Neptune and Uranus formed in our own Solar System. "Astronomers ...
22 June 2021
Space Perspective confirms successful test flight
...spaceballoon and splashes down, where a ship retrieves the passengers, the capsule, and the spaceballoon. Spaceship Neptune’s commercial human spaceflight launches are regulated by the FAA Office of Commercial Spaceflight. Images of the flight launch...
15 September 2016
Scientists shed light on how our gas giants got their different rings
... And why are the dark, rocky rings around Uranus and Neptune so strikingly different to the ice rings of Saturn? Hoping to settle... compositional difference between the rings of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune along with how the rings got there in the first...
19 June 2020
US firm offers flights to edge-of-space under high-tech balloon
... “above 99 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere,” will take the “Explorers” to a height of 30 kilometres. Once at its cruising altitude, Neptune will float above the Earth for up to two hours allowing passengers to share their experience via social...
11 December 2019
Water abundance lower than expected on exoplanets
...19 exoplanets that span a large range in size - from 'mini-Neptunes' of nearly 10 Earth masses to 'super-Jupiters' of over 600...However, the overall trend in H2O abundances, from mini-Neptunes to hot Jupiters, is significantly lower when compared with ...
24 April 2020
A population of interstellar asteroids has been found hiding between Jupiter and Neptune
... System and apparently never have been, as new research into 19 objects that gravitate between Jupiter and Neptune have turned out to be a whole population of interstellar asteroids hiding in plain sight for billions of years. The objects...
