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 ...

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'We were wrong' - Uranus and Neptune Might Not Be "Ice Giants" After All ...

Uranus and Neptune have long been a source of fascination and mystery for scientists, especially when it comes to their magnetic fields. While Earth and Jupiter boast well-defined magnetic dipoles, ...

A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed ...

A molecule that can't be formed on Earth may lurk within Neptune — and Uranus, too. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the depths ...

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 ...

Under extreme planetary conditions, water turns into a strange, electricity-conducting solid hidden deep inside giant planets.

When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune 40 years ago, astronomers were surprised that it detected no global dipole magnetic fields, like Earth's. The explanation: the ice giants are layered and ...