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Uranus and Neptune may not be 'ice giants' after all, new research suggests

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these ...
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Uranus And Neptune May Not Be "Ice Giants" But The Solar System's First "Rocky Giants"

Uranus and Neptune are the two furthest planets in the Solar System and have been visited only once by human spacecraft – by ...

Longstanding 'ice giant' classification of Uranus and Neptune might be conflicted

What if our understanding of Uranus and Neptune's compositions have been wrong, specifically regarding their classifications ...
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Astronomer’s Notebook: Neptune was mysterious, but more now known about 8th planet

The eighth and most distant planet from the sun, Neptune, reaches opposition with the sun on Sept.23, when it will be in its best position for viewing for the year. Neptune is too faint to see with ...
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Sub-Neptune exoplanets unlikely to be water-rich ocean worlds, researchers say

In our study, at least, it appears to be a typical planet," she says. The researchers were also surprised by a seemingly paradoxical difference: The planets with the most water-rich atmospheres are ...