Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies ...

Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a computer model that can detect liquid water on the moons of Uranus by ...

I enjoy marking day’s end, beginning of nighttime, with a glance to the dazzling white Evening Star low in the ...

In astronomy, what does retrograde mean? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across ...

Planetary science is the study of ... a three-million-year-old planet with a one-week orbit. A model for the formation of our Solar System proposes that its population of small bodies could ...

Despite being more massive than Uranus, Neptune has a smaller total diameter and thinner atmosphere compared to its icy ...

Scientists are turning to chemical modeling to determine whether icy moons in our solar system have what it takes to host ...

A planetary scientist proposes that the interiors of Uranus and Neptune are layered, with deep oceans of water above ...

Dramatic theories have been proposed to explain the mysterious interiors of Uranus and Neptune, the ice giants of our solar ...

Identifying asteroids on a potential collision course with Earth could be made easier thanks to an advancement in how to ...

When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune 40 years ago, astronomers were surprised that it detected no global dipole magnetic fields, like Earth's. The explanation: the ice giants are layered and ...