For decades, Uranus and Neptune have carried the tidy label of “ice giants,” shorthand for worlds built mostly from frozen ...

A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth. While it is comparatively ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

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Although they are technically gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are referred to as "ice giants" due to their composition.

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...

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Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. The Webb telescope’s observations of Uranus are giving scientists better insight into ...

"Every component of that system has features that violate some of our ideas about how planets work." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

If you’ve got a good pair of binoculars, a telescope, or possibly super powerful eyes, then now is a great time to catch a glimpse of the second-furthest planet in our Solar System – Uranus. The rest ...