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Weird Neptune-like exoplanet may have water clouds
By Elizabeth Howell Published
A Neptune-like planet that's relatively close to Earth may boast clouds containing water vapor.

NASA has just rejected missions to moons of Jupiter and Neptune. Here's what we would have found out.
By Ashley Spindler Published
It's been 30 years since NASA last visited Venus, with the Magellan orbiter in 1990.

A dark storm on Neptune has reversed direction and scientists can't explain why
By Kasandra Brabaw Published
A dark storm on Neptune abruptly switched directions and started moving away from almost certain death, puzzling astronomers.

'Ultrahot Neptune' discovered around sunlike star
By Charles Q. Choi Published
Astronomers have discovered a new type of alien world — the first known "ultra-hot Neptune," a giant planet that orbits its star 60 times closer than Earth does the sun, a new study finds.

'Mini-Neptunes' may be rocky water worlds
By Elizabeth Howell Published
A strong greenhouse effect allows these "super-Earth" exoplanets to masquerade as "mini-Neptunes."

Neptune's weird moon Triton could get a visit from a NASA spacecraft called Trident
By Samantha Mathewson Published
A possible new mission called Trident aims to explore Neptune's strange moon Triton.

'Minor planet' bonanza: 139 new objects discovered beyond Neptune
By Mike Wall Published
The list of Pluto's neighbors just got considerably longer, potentially boosting scientists' odds of finding the putative Planet Nine.
Space Ballet: 2 Neptune Moons Perform an Unusual Orbital Dance
By Elizabeth Howell Published
Neptune's two innermost moons are locked in an unusual "dance of avoidance," according to researchers.
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