Uranus sits far beyond the orbit of Saturn, yet its smallest moons are suddenly at the center of a quiet revolution in outer ...

Fresh simulations show there is a chance Uranus and Neptune might actually be rock-rich worlds wrapped in thinner icy layers.

The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...

New research shows Uranus’ fierce radiation belts were a short-lived blast from a solar storm, reshaping what Voyager 2 ...

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 ou ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

Space is inaccessible to the vast majority of us, but it’s not as far away as you might think. The von Kármán Line, which is ...

The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan. The ...

Space questions everything about what we know about existence and consists of gigantic stars, icy comets and distant worlds ...

Conversations wake us up, and plans click into place. As cerebral Mercury stations direct at 12:38 pm EST, we regain mental ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged Uranus, its rings, and several of its 29 moons with its Near-Infrared Camera on 18 December 2023. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI The solar system’s oddball ...

Parker Solar Probe Makes History by Touching the Sun 8 million miles above the Sun's surface on December 24, 2024, traveling at an incredible 430,000 miles per hour - faster than any human-made object ...