In a universe where change usually unfolds over eons, astronomers have gotten a rare front-row seat to watch a small, icy ...

The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

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

In 2022, the National Academy of Sciences Planetary Science Decadal Survey recommended exploration of Uranus as its highest ...

Scientists think Uranus’s moon Ariel once had a hidden ocean beneath its icy shell. The moon’s orbit stretched enough to crack the surface.

“Overall, our findings challenge the conventional classification of Uranus and Neptune as ’ice giants’ and underscore the ...