New research suggests the moons of Jupiter and Uranus may hint that our planetary neighborhood once had a third ice giant.

A day on Uranus just got slightly longer, thanks to more accurate measurements of its rotation period that should help scientists plan missions to probe the gas giant. Figuring out the rotation period ...

Start at the Pleiades cluster (Seven Sisters) and use binoculars to star-hop to the seventh planet, Uranus. I connected some of the brighter, easier stars along the way into fanciful figures that will ...

Uranus, often referred to as the planet of cosmic rebellion, challenges traditional norms to forge new pathways. As a generational planet, it moves more slowly than the personal planets, taking ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this discovery contradicts observations of the distant gas giant made by NASA's ...

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Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer than anything. A study by the lead researchers astrophysicists Luca Morf ...

On August 10, six planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—can be seen with the ...

All four of the sun’s giant planets emit more energy than they receive from the sun Uranus emits more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies report — a discovery that contradicts findings ...