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First look inside Uranus for 30 years discovers it has 13 rings and is full of gas
NASA chiefs took advantage of an unusual cosmic event to get their first detailed glimpse inside the mysterious planet this ...
NASA Just Got a Rare Look Inside Uranus – Here’s What They Found
A rare celestial alignment in April 2025 gave NASA scientists the chance to study Uranus in exceptional detail as it passed ...
NASA Peeks Into Uranus's Atmosphere As It Blocks A Star 400 Light-Years Away
William Saunders, planetary scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, revealed that Uranus occulted a star lying about 400 ...
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Planetary Alignment Gives NASA a Rare Chance to Uncover Uranus’s Atmospheric Secrets
A rare astronomical alignment on April 7, 2025, presented NASA with a unique chance to study the atmosphere and rings of Uranus through a phenomenon known as a stellar occultation. As Uranus passed in ...
NASA's rare look inside Uranus reveals fascinating new discoveries
In April 2025, a rare stellar occultation provided NASA scientists a unique opportunity to study Uranus' atmosphere, offering ...
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Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event
Credit: NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a ...
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NASA Just “Peeked” Into Uranus — Here’s What It Discovered
NASA used a rare alignment to study Uranus' atmosphere like never before. A major mission with orbiter and probe is now set ...
'One-Hour Miracle': How a distant star helped NASA spy on Uranus’ hidden secrets
A rare one-hour occultation in April 2025 let NASA and global scientists uncover new secrets about Uranus’ atmosphere, rings, ...
NASA Observes Rare Uranus Occultation, Unveiling New Atmospheric and Ring Details
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, ...
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Planetary alignment provides NASA rare opportunity to study Uranus
It's an opportunity for NASA to improve its understanding of that planet's atmosphere and rings. Planetary scientists call it a stellar occultation and that's exactly what happened with Uranus on ...
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Rare Alignment Gives NASA A Chance To Peer Into Uranus
On April 7, 2025, star HIP 16271 was occulted by Uranus. As a star, it is by no means famous. A yellow-white star in the constellation of Taurus, not bright enough to be visible to the naked eye ...
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Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event
NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation." This rare event ...