It's been 30 days since Uranus first appeared in the sky. At first, it looked like our Moon had found itself a stellar ...

Get ready for a massive shake-up! On July 7, for the first time in 84 years, Uranus — also known as the Great Awakener — is entering the curious and cerebral sign of Gemini, where it will flip the ...

Uranus, the seventh planet in the solar system, located between Saturn and Neptune, has long been a mystery. But by analyzing observations made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope over a 20-year period, ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified a new moon, S/2025 U1, orbiting the ice giant Uranus. The ...

Voyager 2 data from Uranus and Neptune revealed their magnetic fields are non-dipolar and disordered, a stark contrast to the dipolar fields observed on Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn. Astronomer Burkhard ...

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For decades, images taken of Neptune have looked like the planet has ...

"Every component of that system has features that violate some of our ideas about how planets work." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Throughout December, the SETI Institute appeared across leading science and media outlets, reflecting the SETI Institute’s ...

Voyager 2's - and humanity's - "clearest" photograph of Uranus. We’re all doing our best to try and get through this nasty pandemic, but time are decidedly grim. A good distraction, for me at least, ...

Of all our planets, Uranus has had a tough time in the reputation stakes over the years. Its name alone is the butt of jokes, and NASA's announcement last week that it wanted to target Uranus with a ...