[Related: Neptune’s faint rings glimmer in new James Webb Space Telescope image.] “The three newly discovered moons are the faintest ever found around these two ice giant planets using ground-based ...

Astronomers announced that they have discovered new moons around Neptune and Uranus. The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center published its findings Friday, showing the first new ...

Our solar system has a few new entries with the recent discovery of three moons of Uranus and Neptune. These ice giant planets are so far away that it is difficult to detect small moons orbiting them, ...

For the first time in decades, a new tiny moon has been found in orbit around the gas giant Neptune, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Hippocamp, now known as Neptune's ...

A diminutive nugget of a moon has been discovered lurking in the inner orbit of Neptune. The moon, dubbed Hippocamp for the half-horse, half-fish sea monster from Greek legend, is about the size of ...

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 ...

Even by the wild standards of the outer solar system, the strange orbits that carry Neptune’s two innermost moons are unprecedented, according to newly published research. Orbital dynamics experts are ...

A team of scientists led by Marina Brozovic at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has discovered that two of Neptune's innermost moons are locked in a never before seen orbital "dance of avoidance" that ...

Two of Neptune's innermost moons perform a strange dance to avoid each other that is weird and completely unique compared to all known orbits, according to new research. Two of Neptune's innermost ...

Scientists are wasting no time in pointing the powerful new James Webb Space Telescope all over the Universe, as well as into our own backyard. Recently, astronomers took data on the eighth planet ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Astronomers are adding three newly discovered moons to our solar ...

This animation illustrates how the odd orbits of Neptune's inner moons Naiad and Thalassa enable them to avoid each other as they race around the planet. NASA Neptune may be one of the more mysterious ...