Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer ...

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these ...

Uranus and Neptune are the two furthest planets in the Solar System and have been visited only once by human spacecraft – by Voyager 2 over 30 years ago – so there is a lot about them that we do not ...

What if our understanding of Uranus and Neptune's compositions have been wrong, specifically regarding their classifications ...

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The cyan or light blue areas seen on the right-side image of Neptune are an auroral glow detected ...

The ice-giant Neptune, the most distant and third largest planet in our solar system, is a distinctive dark blue ball of gas, which may appear calm but is actually throttled by a chaotic atmosphere.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a captivating image of Neptune, the ringed ice giant, in sharp near-infrared detail. This distant world, located at a staggering distance of ...

Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 378, No. 2187, Discussion meeting issue: Future exploration of ice giant systems (25 December 2020), pp. 1-18 (18 ...

Scientists divide the planets into two distinct groups: the smaller, rocky inner planets and the larger, gaseous outer planets. This month’s night sky splits these objects along the same lines.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright aurora activity on Neptune for the first time. For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) has revealed bright auroral activity on the ...