17 May 2019
First science results released on Ultima Thule
...a broad, ring-shaped structure in the outer Solar System beyond Neptune’s orbit, which contains chunks of primitive icy material thought to ...of the objects, along with the amount of influence Neptune's gravity has had on them. Its distinctive shape is...
13 March 2020
Over 100 new minor planets found in new astronomical survey
...average distance than the planet referred to in their title, Neptune. The first TNO to be discovered was Pluto back in... could also help determine whether Planet Nine, a hypothesised Neptune-sized planet that's thought to inhabit space beyond Pluto,...
05 June 2020
Exciting exoplanet find around sun-like star
..., with most detections picking up super-Earth sized words, sub-Neptunes and hot-Jupiters. And regardless of their mass they also tend...orbiting around a Sun-like star are about the size of Neptune and are in orbit in the habitable zone (third picture...
18 December 2019
After delays, ESA’s exoplanet mission launches successfully
...exoplanet type found in the size range between Earth and Neptune. “Cheops will take exoplanet science to a whole ...particular on the smaller planets in the size range between Earth and Neptune. They seem to be the commonly found planets in our Milky ...
March 2016
Space for art
... tour of the solar system. The twin spacecraft revealed stunning details about Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – using each planet’s gravity to send them on to the next destination. Voyager set the stage for such...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
... and data from Mars, Venus, and later even Jupiter, and in the eighties of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. These were accompanied by a quantum leap in our knowledge about the Solar System and the universe. Let...
