The atmospheres of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune may be separated into layers that don't mix, like oil and water.

Despite being more massive than Uranus, Neptune has a smaller total diameter and thinner atmosphere compared to its icy ...

When NASA's Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it captured grainy photographs of large ice-covered moons. Now nearly 40 years ...

Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies ...

A planetary scientist proposes that the interiors of Uranus and Neptune are layered, with deep oceans of water above ...

A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange ...

We might finally understand what’s going on inside Uranus and Neptune, and the answer is pretty surprising: They may each ...

A new study found that vast oceans could be on Uranus and Neptune. Astrophysicist Adam Frank joins Chris Jansing to share his ...

New models using Voyager 2 data show that separate layers in the planets’ mantles could be creating disordered magnetic ...

Neptune is similar in size to Uranus but not exactly a twin. It is more massive but smaller. The model suggests a thinner ...

Uranus is much further away from the Sun than Earth is, almost 3 billion km, while Earth is only about 228 million km from ...

Following the Voyager 2 flyby in August 1986, astronomers have been able to maintain a steady compilation of temperature ...