Because Neptune's atmospheric methane content is similar to that of Uranus, some unknown atmospheric constituent is thought to contribute to Neptune's more intense coloring. The internal structure ...

Recent breakthroughs in computational modeling have unveiled a new understanding of their layered internal structures, ... When Voyager 2 visited Uranus and Neptune in the late 1980s, ...

Uranus and Neptune have long been a source of fascination and mystery for scientists, especially when it comes to their ...

Eris and Pluto reside beyond Neptune, the outermost of our solar system's eight plants. The International Astronomical Union, which sets definitions for planetary science, recognizes five dwarf ...

In this talk, I will give an overview of the questions surrounding the origin of the "Radius gap," recent discoveries of benchmark sub-Neptune systems, new developments on the modeling of the internal ...

Neptune is not as blue as you’ve been led to believe, and Uranus’s shifting colors are better explained, in new research. By Becky Ferreira Think of Uranus and Neptune, the solar system’s ...

Finally, they could also be very different in terms of heat fluxes and internal structure. The formation of Uranus and Neptune. Credit: Reinhardt & Helled, ICS, University of Zürich.

When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune 40 years ago, ... Militzer said, ice giants around those stars could well have similar internal structures.