The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...

Although they are technically gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are referred to as "ice giants" due to their composition.

Hubble Space Telescope imagery Neptune has revealed that the planet's clouds are disappearing. Credit: NASA Goddard Space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared camera (NIRCam) captured stunning imagery of Neptune. It is the "clearest view of this peculiar planet’s rings in more than 30 years,” according to ...

However, astronomers in Hawaii just spotted a pair of exciting discoveries — a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf — using Japan ...

Night sky update for December 17, 2025, covering the moon phase, visible planets, meteor showers, and key space and astronomy news from today ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and astronomers will be watching.

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars.

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how astronomers discovered Neptune, exploring the observations, calculations, and cosmic clues ...

The world's most expensive infrared spectrometer - the James Webb Space Telescope - is unearthing extraordinary exoplanet ...

There are a host of celestial events to get excited about next year – including a total solar eclipse. Abigail Beall is ...

A network of powerful ground-based telescopes captured rare starspot-crossing events on TOI-3884b, revealing cooler patches ...