The ice giant classification is oversimplified as Uranus and Neptune are still poorly understood,' said experts.

A team of researchers is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The composition of Uranus and ...

The two outermost planets in the solar system are generally considered ice giants, yet we know little about their interiors.

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

Fresh simulations show there is a chance Uranus and Neptune might actually be rock-rich worlds wrapped in thinner icy layers.

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

Once thought to be the debris of a destroyed planet, the asteroid belt is now understood as a region shaped by gravity, collisions and the powerful influence of Jupiter. Studying it helps scientists ...

Our fundamental understanding of Neptune and Uranus may be completely wrong, say researchers rethinking our solar system.

English is indisputably the world language today, and how it got to be so is a topic well worth discussing, but in this ...

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for ...

The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...