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Using the MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile, scientists now better understand Neptune’s ephemeral dark spots.

Astronomers observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere with an unexpectedly smaller bright spot next to it.

Astronomers observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere with an unexpectedly smaller bright spot next to it.

A mysterious dark spot on Neptune has been detected from Earth for the first time – but astronomers don't know what it is.

Astronomers observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere with an unexpectedly smaller bright spot next to it.

Scientists are still in the dark about what is causing a huge shadowy patch to appear against the blue background of Neptune’s sky.

Observations from scientists indicate that dark spots are likely the result of air particles darkening in a layer below the main visible haze layer on the planet, as ice and hazes mix in Neptunes atmosphere.

Astronomers observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere with an unexpectedly smaller bright spot next to it.

The Very Large Telescope, located in the Atacama Desert in Chile, detected this large black spot, the nature and origin of which remain unknown

Astronomers have been puzzling over a mystery on Neptune, and now they think they have unlocked its secret.