Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, permeates the upper atmosphere of the planet Uranus – as has been long debated, but never definitively proven. Based on ...

Because Uranus and Neptune are so far away, scientists only have educated guesses about the combination of ices and gases that make up these ice giants. While the general understanding is that these ...

For decades, Uranus and Neptune have been filed neatly into the “ice giant” drawer, shorthand for worlds built mostly from ...

HILO — Astronomers using the Gemini Observatory on Maunakea have confirmed what has been speculated for years: Uranus stinks. Glenn Orton, senior research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer than anything. A study by the lead researchers astrophysicists Luca Morf ...

A team of researchers is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two outer most planets, might be more rocky and less icy than ...

Otherwordly Seasons: Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System, is an "ice giant" that travels around the Sun while tipped on its side. NASA describes the planet as a mysterious and mostly ...

While NASA proposes a mission to Neptune's moon, Triton, which could have an ocean capable of supporting life, researchers believe Neptune and Uranus are composed "primarily" of a strange form of ...

Imaging of Uranus from the visible to the radio, in two groups: near the 2007 equinox (top row), and during mid-northern spring (bottom row). From left to right, we show visible-light images from ...

Uranus provides a unique laboratory to test our understanding of planetary atmospheres under extreme conditions. Multi-spectral observations from Voyager, ground-based observatories, and space ...