For decades, Uranus and Neptune have carried the tidy label of “ice giants,” shorthand for worlds built mostly from frozen ...

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

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

Although they are technically gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are referred to as "ice giants" due to their composition.

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.

It's a bit mind-boggling to imagine something as big as the planet Neptune crashing into a similar-sized planet, but astronomers caught this exact scenario, as described in a recent study in the ...

The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...

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