Space Daily July 23, 2026 • 04:30

How does a planet 4.5 billion kilometres from the Sun, where daylight is roughly 900 times dimmer than on Earth, whip up the fastest winds in the entire solar system? - Space Daily

How does a planet 4.5 billion kilometres from the Sun, where daylight is roughly 900 times dimmer than on Earth, whip up the fastest winds in the entire solar system? - Space Daily

Neptune radiates more heat than it receives from the Sun, yet somehow generates winds twice as fast as Earth's most violent hurricanes.

At Neptunes average distance of 4.5 billion kilometres from the Sun, noon resembles a dim terrestrial twilight. Sunlight is about 900 times weaker than at Earth, yet bright methane-ice clouds can rac… [+7127 chars]

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