An international team used 20 years of data and photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to study Uranus' atmosphere and ...

Information about Uranus is limited. What we know is that the planet is composed mainly of water and ammonia ice, its ...

By observing the light from a distant star as it passed behind Uranus, researchers gathered valuable data about the planet's atmospheric ... the atmosphere of the ice giant and unveiled facts ...

Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

The ice, gas and dust, slamming into each other for millions of years, accumulated into enormous bodies that ultimately became giant planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. While all this was ...

The planet doesn't have a solid surface but rather a soft one made up of water, ammonia and methane. Uranus is classified as an ice giant due to its interior being filled with swirling fluids that ...

The detection of atmospheric methane and silicon suggests that it originated in a region analogous to the Solar System's ...

Boffins have had a rare peek inside Uranus - and found it has 13 rings and is full of gas. Excited NASA chiefs took advantage of an unusual cosmic event to get their first detailed glimpse inside ...

If you’ve ever been ice fishing, you’ve seen this kind of tool. It looks kind of like a jackhammer, only with a giant ... the planet. The next question is: Who’s gonna pay for it? Real ...

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star.

Researchers found the south polar region darkened in winter shadow, while the north polar region brightened as summer came.