A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth. While it is comparatively ...

In a universe where change usually unfolds over eons, astronomers have gotten a rare front-row seat to watch a small, icy ...

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. The Webb telescope’s observations of Uranus are giving scientists better insight into ...

The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

As the worlds of the Solar System go, Uranus is among the weirdest. Its peculiar properties, from internal heating to its ...

"Every component of that system has features that violate some of our ideas about how planets work." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Since its categorization as a planet in the 18th century, Uranus has been an astounding target of observation for scientists. Once thought to only be a distant star, the planet has continued to amaze ...

Of all the planetary retrogrades, Mercury retrograde gets most of our attention (and ire), but it’s certainly not the only one worthy of it. “When a planet goes retrograde, it appears to be moving ...