If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

Is diamond rain real on the icy planets Neptune and Uranus, often called "ice giants," are composed primarily of hydrogen, helium, water, ammonia, and methane. Methane, in particular, plays an ...

Astronomers have just revealed that a day on Uranus is longer than was previously ... NASA's Voyager 2 probe during its flyby of the ice giant planet back in 1986. The new figure—which is ...

He discovered Uranus, a planet unlike any other, with a tilted axis, bizarre weather patterns, and a system of rings. But despite centuries of study, many questions remain. What secrets does ...

An exploded view of an ice giant planet such as Uranus or Neptune, with its hidden water-rich layer (blue) that has separated from a deeper layer of hot, high-pressure carbon, nitrogen and ...

Voyager 2 captured this image of the planet Uranus during its flyby in 1986. NASA/JPL-Caltech. ... it defined the way astronomers understand the ice giant.

NASA is gearing up for a mission to explore Uranus and its mysterious system, aiming to unveil the secrets of the ice giant and its moons. Despite being one of the least explored planets in our ...