The fastest wind in the Solar System, measured on Neptune, is but a fraction of that at 0.5 kilometers per second (about 1,100 miles per hour). Researchers were studying the atmosphere of the ...

To put this into perspective, the fastest winds in our Solar System, recorded on Neptune, clock in at around 1,800 kilometers ...

"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space Agency.

Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Heidi Hammel / Henrik Melin / Leigh Fletcher / Stefanie Milam Neptune, at some 3 billion miles from the sun, is a dark, blustery world, whipped by winds faster ...

This is because their magnetic fields are relatively well aligned with their rotation axes, guiding charged particles from the solar wind toward the polar regions. Neptune, on the other hand ...

The resulting temperature difference is thought to contribute to Neptune's formidable weather - winds on the planet can reach almost 2,200 kilometres per hour, the fastest in our solar system. In ...

Lights glow in the skies of Uranus, too. But auroras around our sun’s most distant planet, Neptune, have long eluded astronomers. That has changed with the powerful infrared instruments aboard ...

Consequently, the wind patterns on these planets are unlike anything we observe on Earth, making even the most severe cyclones and tornadoes here seem like gentle breezes. Despite a wealth of ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 12 mph (6.4 to 19.3 kph). The overnight low will be 51 °F (10.6 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 54 °F (12.2 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 12 mph ...

Night - Mostly cloudy with a 54% chance of precipitation. Winds from SSW to SW at 11 to 16 mph (17.7 to 25.7 kph). The overnight low will be 51 °F (10.6 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 78 °F ...