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 and Neptune are the two furthest planets in the Solar System and have been visited only once by human spacecraft – by ...

The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our solar ...

Astronomer William Herschel was looking up at the night sky on March 13, 1781, from his garden in England when he stumbled upon the seventh planet from the sun and the last to be discovered in our ...

NASA scientists have found strong evidence of a polar cyclone on Uranus for the first time. Researchers examined radio waves emitted from the ice giant and detected the phenomenon at its north pole.

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Scientists used ground-based telescopes to get unprecedented views, thanks to the giant planet’s position in its long orbit around the Sun. For the first time, NASA scientists have strong evidence of ...

What if our understanding of Uranus and Neptune's compositions have been wrong, specifically regarding their classifications ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

NASA scientists used microwave observations to spot the first polar cyclone on Uranus, seen here as a light-colored dot to the right of center in each image of the planet. The images use wavelength ...