Uranus & Neptune 'rockier, not as icy'

URANUS and Neptune might not be as icy as boffins reckon and could be more rocky, new research claims.

- BY NADEEM BADSHAH

Scientists are probing decades of claims about our solar system's two most distant major planets.

The duo have long been seen as “ice giants” and different from “gas giants” Jupiter and Saturn.

But the new study claims both planets could contain far more rocks and much less ice than previously thought.