A rare celestial alignment in April 2025 gave NASA scientists the chance to study Uranus in exceptional detail as it passed ...

Uranus, which is currently about 2 billion miles (3.2 billion kilometers) from Earth, does not have a solid surface. Instead, the planet has a soft surface that's a mixture of water, ammonia and ...

Its surface is surrounded by a dense fog ... Pupils could use this clip to learn about Uranus’ main features. Afterwards, pupils could study the other planets, (using more BBC clips) recording ...

The team mapped the moon's various surface features, such as the cracks and ... "It helps build on the story that some of these moons at Uranus may be really interesting — that there may be ...

Like other gas-giant planets, Uranus doesn’t have a rocky surface to look at. So scientists must deduce its rotation period by tracking its internal magnetic field over time. Laurent Lamy at the ...

Uranus is almost 2 billion miles away from Earth and has an atmosphere composed of primarily hydrogen and helium. It does not have a solid surface, but rather a soft surface made of water ...

A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ... Miranda's enigmatic geology by reverse engineering the surface features, working backward to uncover what the moon's interior ...

The scientists also observed that ice and gas giants like Uranus may be natural laboratories for learning about atmospheres. This absence of solid ground means that cloud formation, storm development, ...