2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (337+ words) Moons as small as the Earth might still seem quite large, but there are almost certainly moons of that size floating somewhere in the galaxy, especially around much larger gas giant planets. So why aren't we able to see them…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (550+ words) [Uranus could be an ice giant (left) or a rock giant (right), depending on the model assumptions, researchers say. Credit: Keck Institute for Space Studies/Chuck Carter]A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (379+ words) [Voyager 2 saw Uranus as a near-featureless grey-green orb when it flew past the planet in 1986. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech]Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists believe they may have resolved a 39-year-old mystery about the radiation belts around Uranus. The "ice giants…...