Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought – ...

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Astronomers have just revealed that a day on Uranus is longer than was previously thought, at 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds. This is 28 seconds longer than the previous estimate, which was made ...

A new way to measure the length of Uranus’s day could also help determine the rotation rates of other celestial objects—including exoplanets ...

The team used more than a decade’s worth of observations of Uranus’ unique aurorae taken with Hubble and refined the planet’s rotation period. This technique revealed that it completes a rotation 28 ...

Planetary scientists have pinpointed the rotation period of Uranus — and it’s 28 seconds longer than they thought it was 1. Like other gas-giant planets, Uranus doesn’t have a rocky surface ...

A day at Uranus just got a little longer. Scientists reported Monday that observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed it takes Uranus 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds to complete a ...

It’s not just trivia—it changes everything. Using 11 years of Hubble data, scientists tracked glowing auroras to pin down Uranus’ rotation more precisely than ever before—beating even ...

This technique revealed that Uranus completes a full rotation in 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 52 seconds—28 seconds longer than the estimate obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 during its 1986 flyby.