Although they are technically gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are referred to as "ice giants" due to their composition.

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Once thought to be the debris of a destroyed planet, the asteroid belt is now understood as a region shaped by gravity, collisions and the powerful influence of Jupiter. Studying it helps scientists ...

The ice giant classification is oversimplified as Uranus and Neptune are still poorly understood,' said experts.

The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...

This means that the lunar regolith could still hold a very long-term record of Earth's atmospheric history, which in turn ...

A stray comet from another star is swinging past Earth. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass ...

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An ultra-hot rocky exoplanet may be wrapped in a dense atmosphere, defying expectations about what small planets can sustain.

A team of astronomers from Northwestern University has managed to capture the direct image of an exoplanet orbiting a binary ...