On October 29, the sky delivers a sharp dose of mental electricity as Mercury forms an opposition to Uranus. That means ideas ...

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

Two projects using the James Webb Space Telescope will look at the auroras of Uranus and Saturn to discover what processes make them tick. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The moon makes for a handy guide to locate Uranus in the night sky tonight (Jan. 19). The elusive Uranus, the second-most distant planet in our solar system, will be just a few degrees away from the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The ongoing search for oceans in our solar system is taking us to Uranus. A new computer model, designed by researchers at the University of Texas, could help a future NASA mission ...

Eight and a half years into its grand tour of the solar system, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft was ready for another encounter. It was Jan. 24, 1986, and soon it would meet the mysterious seventh planet, ...

A lone spacecraft's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years. The strange, sideways-rotating planet – the third largest in our solar ...

The ice giant Uranus, named as a top priority destination by the National Academies, could be reached in half the time using ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Have you ever seen a comet? It may be difficult, but there is at least a chance to spot it in the night sky this weekend. It's called "Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks", and it will be ...