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 ...

A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1 ...

If human life existed on the planet Uranus, it’s likely the same phenomenon might happen. But now we know that a single day on Uranus is 28 seconds longer than astronomers first calculated in ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, takes approximately 84 Earth years to orbit the sun. Laurent Lamy of the Paris Observatory, the lead author of the study, stated that "The continuous ...

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 just got a little more time on its hands ... This estimate was based on radio signals emitted by the pale turquoise planet's auroras and direct magnetic field measurements.

That long-term tracking provided a more precise rotation period for Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. From that distance, it takes about 84 Earth years for Uranus to orbit the sun.

"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 ...