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

Nearly forty years ago, Voyager 2 mapped the magnetic and gravitational fields of Uranus and Neptune, giving scientists the first solid footing for interior models. Today, planetary scientists Ravit ...

For decades, Uranus and Neptune have been filed neatly into the “ice giant” drawer, shorthand for worlds built mostly from ...

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 ...

For decades, scientists have grouped Uranus and Neptune with other ice giants like Saturn and Jupiter, assuming that their interiors were primarily made up of water, methane, and ammonia. The ...

A team of researchers is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two outer most planets, might be more rocky and less icy than ...

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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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With Earth directly between Uranus and the Sun, the seventh ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO – A previously unknown tiny moon has been discovered orbiting Uranus. A team led by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Maryame El Moutamid discovered the new moon in a series of images ...