Although they are technically gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are referred to as "ice giants" due to their composition.
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New research calls into question whether Uranus and Neptune are ice giants after all
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Our fundamental understanding of Neptune and Uranus may be completely wrong, say researchers rethinking our solar system.
New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. What it is: One of the final photographs of Neptune taken by NASA's Voyager 2 probe Where it is: ...
Join us for an entertaining look at Space Perspective's innovative Neptune spacecraft, where unforgettable events meet the ...
Thirty years ago, on Aug. 25, 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made a close flyby of Neptune, giving humanity its first close-up of our solar system’s eighth planet. Marking the end of the Voyager ...
Why it's so special: Only one spacecraft has ever visited the eighth and most distant planet from the sun. On Aug. 25, 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft took the first-ever close-up images of Neptune.
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