Neptune

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Mini-Neptunes are smaller than Neptune and are made mostly of gas surrounding a rocky core.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Just after sunset on Saturday, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, and Neptune will appear low in the western sky, close to the horizon.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

After loading up oil at Venezuela’s Jose Terminal in November, the Skipper offloaded oil to the Neptune 6, on Dec. 6, according to Kpler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

In some ways, HR 8799 resembles a scaled-up version of our solar system, which also features four outer giant planets stretching from Jupiter to Neptune.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

The campers were going to love that—the son of Neptune and the son of Pluto arriving on the same day.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan