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"Uranus is weird, so it's always been uncertain how much the magnetic field actually interacts with its satellites." ...
The crescent Moon lies in Taurus near the planet Uranus. You can easily spot the distant ice giant with binoculars or a small ...
Uranus was in the midst of a rare solar wind event that colored scientists’ conclusions about the ice giant. “Our ...
Like the ice giant itself, Uranus' moons orbit the sun on their sides and this is just one element that makes them some of the most unusual bodies in the solar system. When you purchase through ...
The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have ...
Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...
The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured an image of Uranus, detailing the ice giant's ring system, its brightest moons and its zestful atmosphere. The observation, made Feb. 6 ...
A trip to Uranus or Neptune emerged as a top contender. "The "dearth of knowledge on the ice giants" was identified as a problem of highest priority for resolving in the coming decade," Mandt writes.
He discovered Uranus, a planet unlike any other, with a tilted axis, bizarre weather patterns, and a system of rings. But despite centuries of study, many questions remain. What secrets does ...
As the third furthest planet from the sun (assuming you count the dwarf planet Pluto), Uranus is a ball of contradictions, hot and yet cold, placid-looking and yet churning beneath. Scientists are ...