The end of this month brings a monumental shift in the cosmos, the kind of movement that ripples into each corner of reality and reweaves life as we know it. As the outer planet of Neptune ...

Neptune retrograde will occur from July 2 until Dec. 7. Read on for a deeper meaning behind the cosmic event NASA In astrology, the planet Neptune is said to oversee our dreams, creativity, illusions, ...

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

Lying at the very outskirts of our solar system, the ice giant Neptune has long represented both a challenge and a mystery to astronomers and space explorers alike. The dark and cold planet, the ...

Triton was discovered in 1846 by the British astronomer William Lassell, but much about Neptune’s largest moon still remains a mystery. A flyby by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989 offered a quick ...

Far beyond the bright planets, in the dim outskirts of the Solar System, astronomers keep stumbling on objects that refuse to follow the rules. Around Neptune in particular, a handful of newly charted ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to reveal that these planets could just as easily be dominated by rock as by ...

Which planet takes 165 years to orbit the Sun, has 14 moons all named after sea nymphs, is ravaged by supersonic winds, and has only been photographed once up-close by a spacecraft? Despite being the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 3 years old. This global color ...

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It's sentences like these that put the size of the universe in context: Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. That comes from the ...

To walk into Boulder, Colorado's Neptune Mountaineering--one of the nation's most storied outdoor gear shops--is to step simultaneously into the past and the future. Founded in 1973 by accomplished ...