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On July 7, change-maker Uranus will make its debut in Gemini for the first time in almost a century. Discover what this means ...
Buckle up, my babies — on Monday, July 7, Uranus, our side-spinning planet of rebellion, liberation, and chaos with a capital ...
Scientists have found that Uranus emits its own internal heat, contradicting data from NASA's Voyager 2 probe nearly four ...
Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope went looking for evidence of one phenomenon and found quite another.
Uranus in Gemini is a big wake-up call. On an individual and collective level, we will all feel like the mental wheels are turning faster and faster. From now until Nov. 8, we get a taste of what the ...
A clue to what lies beneath the bland surfaces of Uranus and Neptune Layers of material that, like oil and water, don't mix can explain planets' unusual magnetic fields Peer-Reviewed Publication ...
Voyager 2's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years, according to a new study.
While Uranus is not technically a gas giant, as it has a solid core, it’s hard to see what’s actually going on through all that gas, as powerful winds rip through the thick atmosphere.
They’re running rings around Uranus. New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien life. Scientists from Johns ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system, hinting at a buried water ocean.
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting how astronomers understood the mysterious world.
Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space weather just before the craft arrived has given us a misleading idea about the planet’s ...