Uranus and Neptune have long been a source of fascination and mystery for scientists, especially when it comes to their ...

“So this hypothesis is very compelling.” The idea about the two ice giant planets — so-called because of the freezing conditions in which they formed — was put forward by Burkhard ...

2024 — Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue and Uranus green -- but a new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in color than typically thought. The correct ...

Ask anyone what their favorite planet in the solar system is besides Earth, and very few will say Uranus or Neptune. The ice giants in the outer solar system are rather dull-looking. Earlier this ...

New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the distribution of ices in ...

On Earth, the dipole magnetic field that loops from the North Pole to the South Pole arises from convection in the planet’s liquid-iron outer core. Since Uranus and Neptune lack such a dipole field, ...

We might finally understand what’s going on inside Uranus and Neptune, and the answer is pretty surprising: They may each ...

We might finally understand what’s going on inside Uranus and Neptune, and the answer is pretty surprising: They may each ...