Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...

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

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

While Mars gets all the attention, the real scientific treasure may be orbiting far beyond it. Uranus and Neptune have ...

December for lovers of astronomy is highlighted by the Geminids meteor shower, as Greg Redern highlights in December’s ...

Small icy moons may have hidden oceans that briefly boil under thick ice. Changing pressure inside these moons shapes their surfaces.

Which planet is the furthest from the sun? Some may think it’s Pluto, but it’s actually Neptune. Learn more about this ice giant and how it can help us understand more about planets in our Solar ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin skywatchers are in for one of the year’s best stretches of observing as the Geminid ...

Uranus will appear opposite the sun in Earth's sky on Nov. 21. November is the best month of 2025 to catch a glimpse of the distant ice giant Uranus as it shines at opposition, though you'll still ...

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 ...

NASA's Europa Clipper captured this image of a starfield—and the planet Uranus—on Nov. 5, 2025, while experimenting with one of its two stellar reference units. These star-tracking cameras are used ...

On November 20, Callisto will begin a transit across the disk of Jupiter at 5:53 A.M. EST. Uranus will reach opposition on November 20 at 7 A.M. EST, presenting the optimal viewing period for the ice ...