Get ready for a massive shake-up! On July 7, for the first time in 84 years, Uranus — also known as the Great Awakener — is entering the curious and cerebral sign of Gemini, where it will flip the ...

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 the ...

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Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our solar ...

When the Voyager 2 spacecraft became the first and only mission to fly by Uranus in 1986, it defined the way astronomers understand the ice giant. But the data collected by the probe also introduced ...

A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines a first-time confirmation of infrared (IR) aurora on the planet Uranus, which is one of the most distant planets in our solar system. This ...

It's been 30 days since Uranus first appeared in the sky. At first, it looked like our Moon had found itself a stellar ...

If it feels like you could be on the edge of stepping into a whole new, thrilling chapter of your life, it could be because Jupiter conjuncts Uranus this year for the first time since 2011. As one of ...

Scientists used ground-based telescopes to get unprecedented views, thanks to the giant planet’s position in its long orbit around the Sun. For the first time, NASA scientists have strong evidence of ...