Posts Tagged ‘neptune’

We Have Our First Look at Neptune’s Rings in 33 Years, And They’re Glorious

We Have Our First Look at Neptune’s Rings in 33 Years, And They’re Glorious Space23 September 2022By ALAN BOYLE, Universe Today   Neptune as captured by Webb’s NIRCam. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI))   The first picture of Neptune to be taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals the latest, greatest details […]

Earth Passes Directly Between Neptune and Our Sun – Neptune At Opposition Sept. 14, 2021

Tonight, (September 14) the planet Neptune will be at opposition. This is a yearly event where Earth passes directly between Neptune and our Sun. Neptune is an ice giant a planet of monster storms. At around the same time Neptune passes opposition, it also makes its closest approach to the Earth. It is brighter than […]

Massive ‘dark vortex’ storm on Neptune just changed direction without warning and scientists don’t know why

As with many planets in the solar system, massive storms are the norm on Neptune – but astronomers have just observed one of the ice giant’s tempests suddenly and dramatically changing course without explanation. The incident marks the first time a storm on the ice giant has been observed reversing course, turning back towards the […]

Neptune: The Evolving Roman God Of Fresh Water, The Sea and Horses

The ancient Romans believed that Neptune was the god of the sea. Although he is most commonly compared to the Greek god Poseidon, this had not always been the case. Originally, Neptune was a god of fresh water, and was only associated with Poseidon at a later date. Thanks to Neptune’s connection with Poseidon, there […]

Keck telescope twilight observations reveal huge storm on Neptune

     Spectacular sunsets and sunrises are enough to dazzle most of us, but to astronomers, dusk and dawn are a waste of good observing time. They want a truly dark sky. Not Ned Molter, a UC Berkeley astronomy graduate student. He set out to show that some bright objects can be studied just as well […]

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Arrested Neptune Beach Police Officer For Grand Theft

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Neptune-Like Exoplanet Spotted That Has A Watery Atmosphere

In our solar system, we have four gas giants, which are large planets composed mostly of gases and containing small, rocky cores. These include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. But that’s not where the concept of gas giants ends. Though scientists have come to learn various things about each one, recent observations have led them to believe […]

Iranian vessels mounted with machine guns approach US warship in Strait of Hormuz

The ships, which were dispatched to the Strait of Hormuz by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday, came within 500 yards (457 meters) of the USS New Orleans and its escort, the USS Stout, a guided missile destroyer, according to Reuters. The Iranian fleet consisted of four speedboats, three of which had mounted […]

Price fluctuations not affecting Iranian exports

  TEHRAN, June 26 (Shana) – Member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Mehdi Sharifi Nik-Nafas, says the oil market in the fluctuating condition following separation of the UK from the European Union but it cannot affect Iranian crude exports. Sharifi made the remark in an interview with Shana when asked about the impact of the […]

Chinese Xinhua News Agency interviews Russian President Putin

     Comment: It’s not so much the content of this interview that is informative; it’s the worldview that Putin embodies, and the vision he presents of how nations can and should interact. Whether or not it will ever be achieved is open, but one thing is for sure: the alternative (American hegemony) will only end […]

On June 7, FEMA will hold a massive drill to prepare for a 9.0 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami

     Starting on June 7th, FEMA will be conducting a large scale drill that has been named “Cascadia Rising” that will simulate the effects of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone and an accompanying west coast tsunami dozens of feet tall. According to the official flyer for the event, more than “50 […]

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