https://verrierlabs.com/2026-10-09 https://verrierlabs.com/le-verrier-neptune/2026-10-09 https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/neptune-prediction.jpgHow Neptune was predicted: the drift of Uranus, 1781 to 1846Animation of the outer Solar System from 1781 to 1846, showing how far Uranus drifted from where it would be without an unseen planet, and Le Verrier’s predicted position for Neptune. Model from an N-body integration with JPL Horizons (DE441); the deviation is exaggerated 500 times.https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/neptune-prediction.mp427 https://verrierlabs.com/transit-method/2026-10-09 https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/transit-light-curve.jpgHow a transit light curve worksAnimation of a planet crossing a limb-darkened star while its light curve is drawn: ingress, egress, the curved bottom from limb darkening, and the depth (Rp/R★)².https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/transit-light-curve.mp430 https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/earth-transit-depth.jpgHow small is Earth’s transit?Model light curves comparing the transit of Earth across the Sun, about 84 parts per million, with Jupiter’s, about 120 times deeper.https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/earth-transit-depth.mp429 https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/transit-probability.jpgWhy transit surveys watch so many stars215 randomly oriented orbits: for an Earth-like orbit about one in 215 is lined up to transit, for a hot Jupiter at 0.05 AU about 20 in 215.https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/transit-probability.mp430 https://verrierlabs.com/planet-or-eclipsing-binary/2026-10-09 https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/planet-or-binary.jpgPlanet or eclipsing binary?Model light curves of a transiting planet and an eclipsing binary side by side: U-shaped identical dips against V-shaped primary and secondary eclipses.https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/planet-or-binary.mp430 https://verrierlabs.com/artemis-ii-eclipse/2026-10-09 https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/artemis-ii-eclipse.jpgThe Artemis II eclipse: 54 minutes in the Moon’s shadowNASA photographs from the Artemis II flyby and a model of Orion’s path through the Moon’s shadow, computed from JPL Horizons, showing why totality lasted about 54 minutes.https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/artemis-ii-eclipse.mp454 https://verrierlabs.com/open-astronomy-data/2026-10-09 https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/open-data.jpgModern astronomy runs on public dataA simulated all-sky map of the Milky Way in galactic coordinates, illustrating the scale of the public sky surveys.https://verrierlabs.com/assets/video/open-data.mp425