The Hubble Space Telescope has peered at Uranus, left, and Neptune to study the so-called "ice giant" planets, but little is known about their interior composition. Credit: NASA / ESA / M. Showalter / ...

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system planets' interior. The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to reveal that these planets could just as easily be dominated by rock as by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With Earth directly between Uranus and the Sun, the seventh ...

Kelly Beatty: "Uranus is the third-largest planet in our solar system (three times the diameter of Earth). But its orbit is so far away, nearly 2 billion miles from the Sun, that it looks very dim in ...

(NEXSTAR) – The English language can certainly be a bit confusing at times. Some words have multiple meanings, like “clear,” “light” and “mine.” Other words sound exactly the same but have different ...

Trust me, Uranus Retrograde is not as scary as it sounds. The five-month moonwalk begins on September 6 and ends next year on February 6. This astrological event wants us to grow as individuals and a ...

Uranus hosts yet another moon, which looks like a tiny, faint smudge in images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers report in an Aug. 19 NASA release. The newfound object makes the ...

Astronomers using the powerful eye of the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a previously unknown moon whirling around Uranus, according to NASA. The discovery boosts the number of moons known to ...

The 29th moon found to be orbiting the solar system’s 7th planet is about six miles wide. By Katrina Miller The space around Uranus just got a bit more crowded. On Tuesday, astronomers using the James ...

Uranus' 29th moon was hidden inside the planet's dark inner rings, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...