Near-infrared image of Uranus ring system taken with the Adaptive Optics system on the 10-m Keck telescope in July 2004. This image, taken at 2.2 micron wavelength, shows the main ring system in ...

An enhanced image from the high-powered telescope orbiting in space shows the planet Uranus in stunning new detail. The photo captures the icy blue planet's elusive rings, atmospheric storms ...

Uranus' moons and rings are also orientated this way, suggesting they formed during a cataclysmic impact which tipped it over early in its history.

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