A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

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

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 ...

Our fundamental understanding of Neptune and Uranus may be completely wrong, say researchers rethinking our solar system.

Scientists may have missed the mark when they started referring to Uranus and Neptune as the "ice giant" planets of the solar system decades ago. Like giving a certain short-armed dinosaur a name that ...

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