Researchers found the south polar region darkened in winter shadow, while the north polar region brightened as summer came.

Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s ...

“The materials in my computer simulations had formed ... it is “primarily about the interiors and the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune, not about their atmospheres,” Militzer told ...

Depending on their location and the materials available, the planets formed into either rocky worlds like Earth, Theia or Mars, or giant balls of gas and ice. Neptune and Uranus are called "ice ...

"The answer, it turns out, is probably not, because the ring material just wouldn't hang around for long." Related: Rings around Uranus! James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning image of ice ...

This means Uranus’s material may have been blown away, and had a temporary distorted magnetic field. The new findings suggest that the planet and its moons could be geologically active after ...

Planetary scientists have long suspected that a giant object knocked Uranus over. If so, the impact may have dredged up hot material from the interior, Irwin says, causing Uranus to lose much of ...