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

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

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

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

To date, the Voyager 2 probe has provided the only direct measurements of the radiation environment at Uranus. This led to ...

A new study suggests that Uranus and Neptune may not be ice-rich planets after all. Researchers from the University of Zurich propose that these distant worlds could be dominated by rock, challenging ...

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

New research shows Uranus’ fierce radiation belts were a short-lived blast from a solar storm, reshaping what Voyager 2 ...

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

Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and astronomers will be watching.

Uranus sits far beyond the orbit of Saturn, yet its smallest moons are suddenly at the center of a quiet revolution in outer ...

For decades, school posters and science museum displays have grouped Uranus and Neptune together as “ice giants,” a tidy ...