On March 10, 1977, astronomers discovered rings around Uranus! Astronomers had long suspected that Uranus has rings, but the actual discovery happened by accident. A team of three astronomers was ...

A day on Uranus is about half a minute longer than previously thought, according to new research. An analysis of 11 years of ...

The reasons for this unique ring makeup are still unknown: Uranus' rings could have come from asteroids that fell into orbit around Uranus, the remnants of moons that crashed into each other or ...

A new way to measure the length of Uranus’s day could also help determine the rotation rates of other celestial ...

Uranus seemed like a fairly calm, blue-green planet. But new findings from Hubble paint a different picture of Uranus.

Uranus, the mysterious ice giant, has 27 known moons, each named after literary characters from Shakespeare and Alexander ...

The team used more than a decade’s worth of observations of Uranus’ unique aurorae taken with Hubble and refined the planet’s ...

Have we ever been to Uranus?The answer is simple, yes, but only once. The Voyager II spacecraft flew by the planet Uranus back in ...

Astronomers are interested in how this tilt affects the atmosphere of Uranus, as well as how the atmosphere works there in ...

Lamy added that continuing to observe Uranus has been “crucial” for researchers ... is surrounded by 13 rings and 28 moons.

The correct shades of the planets have now been ... Webb captured this dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, and ... Uranus Aurora Discovery Offers Clues to Habitable Icy Worlds Oct ...