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

New models using Voyager 2 data show that separate layers in the planets’ mantles could be creating disordered magnetic ...

Every week, the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (just south of Penticton) has a science meeting, where, after all ...

Beneath the serene, bluish atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune lies an intricate story of planetary interiors. These enigmatic ...

Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar ...

In an exciting new discovery, scientists have identified that magnetic tornadoes on Jupiter are creating massive storms the ...

A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange ...

When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune 40 years ago, astronomers were surprised that it detected no global dipole magnetic ...

The atmospheres of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune may be separated into layers that don't mix, like oil and water.

That configuration neatly explains the planets' unusual magnetic fields and implies that earlier ... and it's very different from Earth, Jupiter and Saturn," said Militzer, a UC Berkeley professor ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

Neptune is similar in size to Uranus but not exactly a twin. It is more massive but smaller. The model suggests a thinner ...