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Uranus and Neptune "ice giants" might be less icy than thought
For decades, Uranus and Neptune have carried the tidy label of “ice giants,” shorthand for worlds built mostly from frozen ...
Although they are technically gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are referred to as "ice giants" due to their composition.
Our fundamental understanding of Neptune and Uranus may be completely wrong, say researchers rethinking our solar system.
The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...
A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...
New research suggests Uranus and Neptune may not be true ice giants, with rocky interiors dominating instead, challenging ...
New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.
New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may be far rockier than long believed, reshaping theories of ice-giant interiors, ...
The two outermost planets in the solar system are generally considered ice giants, yet we know little about their interiors.
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 ...
Astronomers have long called Uranus and Neptune the "ice giants" because models suggested that these outer planets' interiors are largely made of mixtures of water, ammonia and other ices — compounds ...
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