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ReviewNature communications2026

The hidden mysteries of our ice giant planets.

Kyla de Villa, Huazhi Ge

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Review in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kyla de VillaDepartment of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. kyla.devilla@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-5095
Huazhi GeDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.

Funding

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) NA0004147
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nearly 40 years have passed since Voyager 2 visited the ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune, yet many fundamental questions about these worlds remains unresolved. With the planetary science community now prioritizing a dedicated Uranus mission, we highlight key scientific questions it could address, including interior compositions and structures, magnetic field generation, atmospheric compositions and heat flow, and the dynamics of moons and rings. We further outline spacecraft measurements needed to finally resolve these long-standing questions and advance our understanding of the ice giants.

Identifiers

PMID42115155
PMCPMC13161206

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