New research claims that Neptune and Uranus may hold hidden oceans of water and other materials below their extreme atmospheres.

Uranus and Neptune have long been a source of fascination and mystery for scientists, especially when it comes to their magnetic fields. While Earth and Jupiter boast well-defined magnetic dipoles, the fields of Uranus and Neptune appear skewed,

A planetary scientist proposes that the interiors of Uranus and Neptune are layered, with deep oceans of water above compressed carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen.

New research at UC Berkeley offers a fresh perspective on Uranus and Neptune's interiors, indicating layered structures of water and hydrocarbons. These findings account for the planets' unusual magne

Despite being more massive than Uranus, Neptune has a smaller total diameter and thinner atmosphere compared to its icy compatriot. However, it is likely to share similar differentiated water-rich and hydrocarbon-rich layers, with a Mars -size rocky core (providing the extra mass).

A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange magnetic field.

When NASA's Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it captured grainy photographs of large ice-covered moons. Now nearly 40 years later, NASA plans to send another spacecraft to Uranus, this time equipped to see if those icy moons are hiding liquid water oceans.