Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer than anything. A study by the lead researchers astrophysicists Luca Morf ...

The way most of the public thinks Neptune and Uranus look, especially "big blue" Neptune, does not likely resemble what astronomers say these icy giant worlds actually look like. The planets of Uranus ...

Which planet is the furthest from the sun? Some may think it’s Pluto, but it’s actually Neptune. Learn more about this ice ...

Astronomers may now understand why the similar planets Uranus and Neptune are different colors. Researchers have now developed a single atmospheric model that matches observations of both planets. The ...

Way back in the late 1980s, the Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Uranus and Neptune. During the flybys, we got to see the first close-up views of those ice giants. Even then, planetary scientists noticed ...

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The FINANCIAL — Neptune and Uranus have much in common – they have similar masses, sizes, and atmospheric compositions – yet Neptune looks distinctly bluer than its planetary neighbour Uranus. New ...

The long nights of December are an astronomical delight. The early evening sky hosts Saturn as the main feature, along with ...

The planets Uranus and Neptune are possibly the least explored planetary objects in our solar system. Due to their incredible distances from Earth, the only spacecraft to have visited these awesome ...

Observations from Hubble Space Telescope, the NASA Infrared Telescope and the Gemini Observatory, reveal that excess haze on Uranus makes it paler than Neptune and that dark spots are caused by a ...