Uranus is undoubtedly the planet with the funniest name ... but while this name does sound funny, it sure beats what it was originally called. Back in March of 1781, astronomer William Herschel ...

(CNN) – NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is revealing new insights about the planet Uranus. An unprecedented 20-year-old study took a closer look at the planet’s atmospheric composition and ...

2024 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very ...

When Voyager 2 sped past Uranus on January 24, 1986, the spacecraft detected no significant excess heat from the planet, making it seemingly unique among the sun’s giant worlds. However ...

Sunrise: 6:35 A.M. Sunset: 9:30 P.M. Moonrise: 1:23 P.M. Moonset: 3:49 A.M. Now is the time to catch your last views of Uranus before the planet drops out of sight, too close to the Sun for ...

Cold, dark and windswept - despite its calm appearance, the ice giant Uranus is a planet of extremes. Orbiting the Sun at an average distance of 2.9 billion kilometres - more than 19 times further out ...

Uranus' magnetic field acts in a very different way from other planets. Understanding its nature could be key to finding alien life in the future. You can read more about the scientists' findings ...

"Uranus is the planet of transformation, radical change, crisis and freedom," writes Thomas on his blog. So when Uranus resides within Taurus — which it has been since March 6, 2019 — he says ...