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On Neptune and Uranus, the crushing pressure thousands of miles down is thought to tear ...

SpaceDaily 11 Jun 2026
Neptune and Uranus are what astronomers call ice giants, and the name is slightly misleading ... Neptune and Uranus are the only two planets in the solar system that no spacecraft has ever orbited.
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Is the solar system missing whole planets? Scientists think Uranus may have answers

The Times of India 08 Jun 2026
Some models even predict one or two extra ice giants, maybe the size of Uranus or Neptune, that got flung out and lost to interstellar space.So where does Uranus come in?Uranus has always been one of ...
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The Moons of Uranus May Hold the Key to Finding Missing Planets

Wired 06 Jun 2026
New simulations reveal that the moons of Uranus may retain traces of giant planets ... .
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The Solar System May Have Ejected A Fifth Giant Planet – Which Would Explain How Uranus Held Onto Its Moons

IFL Science 03 Jun 2026
This proposed that in the Solar System's past, the giants planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus – weren't found where they are now but were thrown into their positions due to instability in their original orbits. .
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A 'lost planet' may have given Jupiter and Uranus their moons

Space 29 May 2026
New research suggests the moons of Jupiter and Uranus may hint that our planetary neighborhood once had a third ice giant ....
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We Last Visited Neptune And Uranus In The 1980s. Why Can't We Just Go Back Tomorrow?

IFL Science 22 May 2026
Uranus and Neptune are the only two planets in the Solar System that have only been visited once by spacecraft, both in literal flying visits as the Voyager 2 probe zipped past them during its Grand Tour.
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New 250-watt nuclear generator could fuel future NASA Uranus orbiter missions

Interesting Engineering 16 May 2026
Uranus mission plans. NASA could use the new generator on several future projects, including a proposed Uranus orbiter ... Scientists have pushed for a Uranus mission for years because the planet may ...
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New Study Suggests Uranus and Neptune May Contain More Rock Than Ice

NDTV 14 May 2026
New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may contain significantly more rock than ice beneath their atmospheres. The findings challenge decades of planetary science and could lead to a reclassification... .
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Uranus and Neptune could be full of rocks, new study suggests

Space 12 May 2026
"Rather than 'icy' or 'rocky,' we should simply call them minor giants." ....
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The rings of Uranus are even stranger than we thought

New Scientist 01 May 2026
Uranus’s outermost two rings are surprisingly dissimilar, which opens up a mystery about the tiny moons and moonlets that form them ... .
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The Mysterious Two Outer Rings Of Uranus Have Two Very Different Origins

IFL Science 01 May 2026
The rings of Uranus were only discovered in 1977 and the outer rings, named for the Greek letters μ and ν (mu and nu), have been a nice puzzle ... There are no plumes in the Uranus system that we know of.
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