Uranus and Neptune remain two of the most mysterious objects in the solar system, primarily because they have been visited only by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 and 1989, respectively. Their ...

Before the Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus and Neptune, these two distant planets were thought to be cold, dead worlds on the outskirts of the solar system. The historic spacecraft visit, however, revealed ...

Carbon monoxide in Uranus's deep atmosphere indicates that the planet contains more ice than rock, suggesting it formed more ...

Scientists studying Uranus have found carbon monoxide, suggesting the mysterious planet is packed with a massive icy secret ...

For decades, Uranus and Neptune have been filed neatly into the “ice giant” drawer, shorthand for worlds built mostly from frozen water, ammonia and methane wrapped in hydrogen and helium. A new ...

A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange magnetic field. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan previously ...

Models for the interior structures of the ice-giant planets Uranus and Neptune have two distinct, intermediate layers: an upper, water-rich convecting layer where disorganized magnetic fields are ...

Jules Verne could not even dream of this: A research team from the University of Bayreuth, together with international partners, has pushed the boundaries of high-pressure and high-temperature ...

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