It’s been 30 days since Uranus first appeared in the sky. At first, it looked like our Moon had found itself a stellar ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Artist's illustration showing a distant star going out of sight as it is eclipsed by Uranus — an ...

Far from the Sun, Uranus sits tipped on its side, carrying a magnetic system unlike any other planet’s. Its equator tilts ...

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.

Uranus will reach perigee, or the closest point in its orbit to Earth overnight at approximately 3 a.m. EST. NASA, ESA, A. Simon (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong and A. Hsu ...

Berkeley — As the rings of Uranus swing edge-on to Earth – a short-lived view we get only once every 42 years – astronomers observing the event are getting an unprecedented, glare-free view of the ...

The Voyager 2 mission may have caught Uranus at a special time during which the ice giant's radiation belts were being supercharged with electrons accelerated by a similar process to what can drive ...

WASHINGTON – For the first time, scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus, finding further evidence of just how peculiar a world that distant planet is. Detected by ...

The duo should be visible with binoculars or a small telescope. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The moon will be close to Uranus ...

The distant ice giant will disappear behind the moon in some regions, and in other places will appear close beside it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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It's a rare opportunity to see the Red Planet and the green planet in the same binocular field of view. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...