Scientists may finally have an answer for why the ferocious jet streams on the solar system’s giant planets blow in opposite ...

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the extreme winds observed around their equators. While some of these planets have ...

Neptune reached opposition at 9:00 A.M. EDT, rendering it visible throughout the night. Neptune, at magnitude 7.7, is not visible to the unaided eye but can be located 2.7° northeast of Saturn using ...

What if our understanding of Uranus and Neptune's compositions have been wrong, specifically regarding their classifications as "ice giants?" This is what a recent study accepted for publication in ...