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

Uranus, with its near-sideways 98-degree tilt and incredibly low atmospheric temperatures, is one of the most obscure planets to exist in our planetary neighborhood. The planet’s unique qualities have ...

Their simulation allowed them to analyze the thermal and electric processes at the core of the two ice giants since, according to a statement, these processes are often physically impossible to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured an image of Uranus, detailing the ice giant's ring system, its brightest moons and its zestful atmosphere. The observation, made Feb. 6, comes on the ...

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.