Category: Space Astronomy

Climate Shift on Planet Neptune Could Reflect Seasonal Changes in Atmospheric Chemistry: Study

Dramatic changes in temperatures in the planet Neptune’s atmosphere over the past two decades could be due to seasonal changes in the ice planet’s atmospheric chemistry, or random weather patterns, among other factors, according to a new study. New research led by space scientists at the University of Leicester and published in The Planetary Science Journal shows a decline…


Moon-Forming Region Seen Around Planet in Another Solar System

Scientists for the first time have spotted a moon-forming region around a planet beyond our solar system—a Jupiter-like world surrounded by a disk of gas and dust massive enough that it could spawn three moons the size of the one orbiting Earth. The researchers used the ALMA observatory in Chile’s Atacama desert to detect the…