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Two faint objects hiding in archival infrared sky maps now sit at the center of a growing scientific argument about whether a ...

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James Webb found Neptune's moon Nereid has an unusual icy surface, suggesting it formed alongside the planet instead of being captured later.

Two massive planets may have once existed in early solar system before being ejected, leaving behind evidence in unusual ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be ice giants. New scientific models reveal a rocky composition that challenges what we know.

Deep within Uranus and Neptune, immense pressure and heat are transforming carbon into diamonds that rain down through the ...

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Rain is usually made of water, but elsewhere in the Solar System the weather can be unimaginably different. Scientists from ...