Tag Archive for 'Neptune'

This artist’s concept shows the huge cloud of hydrogen bleeding off of the Neptune-sized exoplanet Gliese 436b. Image credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / G. Bacon.

GJ 436b: Astronomers Discover Giant Comet-Like Tail on Neptune-Sized Exoplanet

Jun 25, 2015 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a group of astronomers has discovered an enormous cloud of hydrogen dispersing from the warm, Neptune-sized...

Comparison of HAT-P-11b with Neptune. Image credit: Aldaron / CC BY-SA 3.0

Water Vapor Detected on Neptune-sized Exoplanet HAT-P-11b

Sep 24, 2014 by News Staff

A team of astronomers from the United States, Chile and Europe has detected water vapor in the atmosphere of a Neptune-sized extrasolar planet known as...

Colorized map of Triton based on Voyager 2 images. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Lunar & Planetary Institute.

U.S. Planetary Scientist Creates New Map of Triton

Aug 25, 2014 by News Staff

On August 25, 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft passed within about 40,000 km of Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune. In commemoration...

This image shows the location of the newly discovered Neptune’s moon S/2004 N 1 (NASA / ESA / M. Showalter / SETI Institute)

SETI Scientist Discovers New Moon of Neptune: S/2004 N 1

Jul 15, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Dr Mark Showalter from the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, has discovered a new moon circling Neptune, the eighth and farthest planet from...

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