A flyby of Uranus in 1986 is where we gathered much of our knowledge about the distant ice giant, but new research has found that this may not have been a standard representation of the planet's ...

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. The Webb telescope’s observations of Uranus are giving scientists better insight into ...

Uranus's mysteriously asymmetrical and skewed magnetic field has long confounded astronomers—until now. When the Voyager 2 spacecraft zipped past Uranus in 1986, it noticed that the huge gas giant's ...

The 29th moon found to be orbiting the solar system’s 7th planet is about six miles wide. By Katrina Miller The space around Uranus just got a bit more crowded. On Tuesday, astronomers using the James ...

Uranus has been the butt of a lot of jokes (stop giggling). And it doesn't help that it's huge — roughly four times the size of Earth — or gassy with an atmosphere comprised partly of methane. Or, as ...

A study has finally determined where Uranus gets its heat. Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined that the gas giant ...

The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured an image of Uranus, detailing the ice giant's ring system, its brightest moons and its zestful atmosphere. The observation, made Feb. 6, comes on the ...

Scientists think one of Uranus' moons may once have had an ocean roughly 100 miles deep — about 40 times deeper than the Pacific Ocean — and could still possibly hold remnants of it. New computer ...

This approach can now be used to determine the rotation rate of any celestial object with a magnetic field and auroras — including exoplanets. Uranus just got a little more time on its hands. A fresh ...