On November 21, Uranus will appear the brightest this year, as it enters apposition, or opposition. The term "opposition" in ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, November 21 The solar system's seventh planet, the ice giant Uranus, reaches opposition this morning at 7 A.M. EST among the stars of ...

Cutting-edge simulations show that Enceladus’ plumes are losing 20–40% less mass than earlier estimates suggested. The new ...

In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini pointed some of the earliest telescopes at Saturn and made a surprising ...

Bundle up and blast off to the far reaches of our Solar System for Ice Giant Night at the historic Cincinnati Observatory.

November is the best month of 2025 to catch a glimpse of the distant ice giant Uranus as it shines at opposition, though ...

During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured an amazing view of the planet Uranus, its rings and moons. Webb's ...