Astronomers have discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus — the first spotted in nearly 20 years — and two new moons around Neptune. CNN values your feedback 1.

This year, July 7th will bring the juiciest part of the season to us. Uranus is entering Gemini, which is going to be a ...

Astronomers reported Friday that three new moons — one orbiting Uranus and two orbiting Neptune — have been discovered, placing each planet's lunar tally at 28 and 16 known moons.

The hidden moons were discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune, and the discovery brings the moon counts for these planets to 28 and 16, respectively. The discovery of these hidden moons is both ...

Just last year, astronomers in Chile discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus that's only 5 miles (8 km) wide. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!

The chance of liquid oceans hiding beneath the surface of moons orbiting Uranus has enticed NASA to begin planning a new mission that will send a spacecraft to the ice giant. The mission is still ...

The chance of liquid oceans hiding beneath the surface of moons orbiting Uranus has enticed NASA to begin planning a new mission that will send a spacecraft to the ice giant. The mission is still ...

They’re running rings around Uranus. New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien life. Scientists from Johns ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth.

But thanks to this new research, we now know a little more about this icy giant. According to the research, which assessed Hubble images take between 2002 and 2022, the main components of Uranus ...

Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years. A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...