A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system planets' interior. The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two outermost planets, might be more rocky and less icy than previously thought.
Uranus may have more in common with Earth than we thought, 40-year-old Voyager 2 probe data shows
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Uranus und Neptun könnten Gesteinsriesen sein
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"Ein Forschungsteam der Universität Zürich + des NCCR PlanetS stellt das bisherige Verständnis vom Inneren der Planeten des Sonnensystems in Frage. Die Zusammensetzung von den beiden äussersten Planeten Uranus und Neptun könnte felsiger und weniger eisig sein als bisher angenommen."
https://www.news.uzh.ch/de/articles/media/2025/Uranus-Neptun.html
10.12.2025
#Astrophsik #Eisriese #Gesteinsriese #Magnetfeld #Neptun #PlanetS #Planetologie #Simulation #Sonnensystem #Uranus #Zürich
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