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

For decades, school posters and science museum displays have grouped Uranus and Neptune together as “ice giants,” a tidy ...

The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...

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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Researchers have uncovered evidence that Uranus and Neptune could be far rockier on the inside than anyone expected.

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 ...

Powerful waves unleashed by solar storms could be the key to understanding extreme radiation. (SwRI) researchers now think ...

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.

Mercury will oppose Uranus on Dec. 10, sparking surprising developments and unexpected breakthroughs in conversations. Here's ...