Recent observations of the Kuiper Belt have revealed anomalies that suggest the presence of an undiscovered Neptune-sized planet. This potential celestial body, often referred to as “Planet Y,” could ...

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 ...

The 2024 astronomical calendar is packed with events; And there's more to look forward to, despite the eclipse and auroras already having passed overhead. Nicknamed the "planet parade," a planetary ...

Models for the interior structures of the ice-giant planets Uranus and Neptune have two distinct, intermediate layers: an upper, water-rich convecting layer where disorganized magnetic fields are ...

Neptune, the most distant major planet in the Solar System, has finally given up one of its longest held secrets. After decades of hints and near misses, astronomers now have crisp, direct views of ...

Scientists may have missed the mark when they started referring to Uranus and Neptune as the "ice giant" planets of the solar system decades ago. Like giving a certain short-armed dinosaur a name that ...

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Uranus and Neptune are the outermost planets of the solar system. In size, possibly bulk composition, and their large distance from the Sun they are similar and clearly segregated from the inner ...

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has peered at Uranus, left, and Neptune to study the so-called "ice giant" planets, but little is known about their interior composition. Credit: NASA / ESA / M. Showalter / ...