Neptune and Uranus are so similar that scientists sometimes refer to the distant, icy planets as planetary twins. But these ice giants have one big difference: their color.
The ice giants Uranus and Neptune don’t get nearly enough press; all the attention goes to their larger siblings, mighty Jupiter and magnificent Saturn.
Fiery rose and peach sunset skies are a unique perk of our home on Earth. But what colors appear when the sun sets on other planets in the solar system?
NASA’s Voyager 2 probe flew through a blob of charged gas called a plasmoid decades ago, and scientists only just now realized it.
A new study confirms that this collision with a huge object — which was approximately twice the size of Earth — could have led to the planet’s extreme tilt and other odd attributes. Uranus, the planet with the unforgettable name, is unique in a number of ways. “All of the planets in the solar system
It’s both solid and liquid, it’s 60 times denser than ordinary water ice, and it forms at temperatures almost as hot as the sun’s surface.
The planet’s cloud tops contain hydrogen sulfide, the compound that gives bad eggs their stink
