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A team at the University of Oxford used two different telescopes including the Hubble to capture new data.

Governments, media, even local sporting organisations have been wooed and won over by mining largesse, write Crikey readers.

The family of a man battling West Nile virus (WNV) is sharing his story as case numbers rise in Illinois.

Researchers from Oxford University have observed a large black spot on the planet Neptune that is 20 times the size of the Grand Canyon.

Jupiter isn't the only planet with a giant spot - Neptune has one too.

Astronomers have spotted a large and mysterious dark spot within Neptunes atmosphere, and it has an unexpectedly bright companion.

The astronomers also discovered an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to the dark spot.

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile have made a remarkable discovery within Neptune's atmosphere: a large, enigmatic dark spot, accompanied by an unexpectedly bright companion. While space-based observatories, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, have previously observed vortex-like storms, known as dark spots, swirling within Neptune's atmosphere, this marks the…

These occasional features in the blue background of Neptune’s atmosphere are a mystery to astronomers, and the new results via ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide further clues as to their nature...

Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 25, 2023 - Using ESOs Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptunes atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a dark spot