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Uranus and Neptune may not be 'ice giants' after all, new research suggests

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

Rethinking the “Ice Giants”: Uranus and Neptune may be rockier than we thought

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

Researchers at University of Idaho help discover small moon orbiting around Uranus

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm.

A moon around Uranus may have had an ocean 100 miles deep, new study finds

Scientists think one of Uranus' moons may once have had an ocean roughly 100 miles deep — about 40 times deeper than the ...

Longstanding 'ice giant' classification of Uranus and Neptune might be conflicted

What if our understanding of Uranus and Neptune's compositions have been wrong, specifically regarding their classifications ...
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A new moon discovered orbiting Uranus is so small, you could walk it in two hours

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. The Webb telescope’s observations of Uranus are giving scientists better insight into ...