Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar ...
The dark UV ovals were first detected by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope during the late 1990s at the north and south poles.
Dramatic theories have been proposed to explain the mysterious interiors of Uranus and Neptune, the ice giants of our solar ...
A planetary scientist proposes that the interiors of Uranus and Neptune are layered, with deep oceans of water above ...
While Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, University of California, Berkeley, ...
Uranus and Neptune are unique but superficially bland ice giants in our solar system. Planetary scientists have devised two ...
NASA's Europa Clipper, which launched Oct. 14 on a journey to Jupiter's moon Europa, is already 13 million miles (20 million ...
When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune 40 years ago, astronomers were surprised that it detected no global dipole magnetic ...
New models using Voyager 2 data show that separate layers in the planets’ mantles could be creating disordered magnetic ...
Despite being more massive than Uranus, Neptune has a smaller total diameter and thinner atmosphere compared to its icy ...
A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange ...
The atmospheres of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune may be separated into layers that don't mix, like oil and water.