An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex ...
The ice-giant planet Uranus, which travels around the sun tipped on its side, is a weird and mysterious world. Now, in an ...
Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...
Uranus is difficult to see without the most powerful telescopes, such as the James Webb Space Telescope. As technology has advanced, it has unlocked more secrets of the strange, tilted planet (it ...
For example, a Uranian year lasts about 84 Earth years. Due to Uranus's wonky tilt, the sun only shines on one pole for a quarter of an entire Uranian year, leading to a very long winter that ...
Does it rain diamonds on Neptune and Uranus? Scientists uncover how extreme pressure and temperature deep inside these ice giants create a continuous diamond rain.
Discovered in 1977, the rings were only the second such system to be found after Saturn's. However, unlike Saturn, Uranus and its rings are 'tilted' almost completely sideways, like a spinning top ...
Uranus radiates more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies find — just as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune do.
Uranus' magnetic field acts in a very different way from other planets. Understanding its nature could be key to finding alien life in the future. You can read more about the scientists' findings ...