Uranus, the third-largest planet in our solar system ... wind event that colored scientists’ conclusions about the ice giant.

Neptune is an ice giant, composed primarily of hydrogen, helium, and methane, with a hot, dense fluid of icy materials above a small rocky core. Neptune has 14 known moons and at least five main rings ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

A new study suggests glaciers carved metals out from the Earth’s surface 700 million years ago, leading to chemical reactions ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the solar system's other ice giant, the planet Uranus. The new image ... Evidence That Saturn's Moon Mimas Is a Stealth Ocean World ...

Ancient glaciers triggered floods that altered ocean chemistry, supporting evolving life. Scientists uncover how past events ...

Arctic sea-ice is currently at its smallest recorded extent for the time of year, while Antarctic sea-ice is close to a new low in satellite records going back to the late 1970s.

If we continue adding carbon to the atmosphere, we’ll very likely create an ice-free planet, with an average ... of islands and the Central Valley a giant bay. The Gulf of California would ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research. The cool ...

"When these giant ice sheets melted, they triggered enormous ... activity set off chemical chain reactions that reshaped the planet." Professor Kirkland said the study also offered a new ...

A strange cast of ferocious predators and giant herbivores lived here during the ice age. Graham Duggan Most ... lions roamed the entire planet. The American cave lion (Panthera atrox) called ...