Because Uranus and Neptune are so far away, scientists only have educated guesses about the combination of ices and gases that make up these ice giants. While the general understanding is that these ...

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

A team of researchers is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two outer most planets, might be more rocky and less icy than ...

Billions of miles (kilometers) from the Sun, Uranus and Neptune are the most distant planets in our Solar System. Long cataloged as simple "ice giants," these planets might hold a major surprise.

Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer than anything. A study by the lead researchers astrophysicists Luca Morf ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its gaze away from the deep universe toward our home Solar System, capturing an image of a luminous Neptune and its delicate, dusty rings in detail not seen ...

Because Uranus and Neptune are so far away, scientists only have educated guesses about the combination of ices and gases that make up these ice giants. While the general understanding is that these ...

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two outer ...