New simulations suggest Uranus and Neptune may contain far more rock than ice, offering fresh explanations for their unusual ...

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

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

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...

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

Swiss Researchers Challenge Assumptions About Neptune And Uranus. The planets Uranus and Neptune could be hiding ...

This week, researchers identified signaling pathways underpinning drug resistance in pancreatic cancer, a normally lethal diagnosis. A physicist proposed that conscious states in the brain may arise ...

The solar system's oddball planet has some pretty odd moons, too. The first infrared spectra of Uranus's small inner moons, ...

Observing the planets is one of the most awe-inspiring ways to witness the magic of the night sky—and there’s no better way to view them than in a planetary alignment. This is where multiple planets ...

Amateur astronomers asked to watch giant storm on distant planet. Nov. 2, 2011 — -- Something strange is happening on the planet Uranus. A fuzzy white spot has appeared on its frigid blue cloud ...

Start at the Pleiades cluster (Seven Sisters) and use binoculars to star-hop to the seventh planet, Uranus. I connected some of the brighter, easier stars along the way into fanciful figures that will ...