Like Jupiter and Saturn, the planet Uranus lacks any visible surface features due to its deep clouds and is also comprised of primarily hydrogen and helium. Much like Saturn, the planet Uranus has a ...

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth ...

Uranus is the only planet that is really in thermal equilibrium with the sun and there are two options as to why its surface appears cold. Firstly it could just actually be that Uranus is hot in ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. 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.

To the human eye, Uranus is the only planet without interesting features on it. Here's the scientific story of why. A false color view of Uranus made from images taken by Voyager 2, on January 21 ...

Screaming winds of infernal violence alternate with periods of dead calm as one nears the surface of Uranus, according to a ... about weather patterns on the two planets. "For Neptune and Uranus, ...

A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the moon's history and composition and could put it in ...

A stunning image of Uranus. The planet has been chosen is a target for future in depth investigation, the first time it will have been studied up close since the Voyager flyby in 1986.

We asked Ravit Helled, a planetary scientist specializing in planet formation, planet interiors, planetary evolution, and solar system physics a few commonly asked questions about the moons of Uranus.

Everyone loves a good Uranus crack—the mere mention of its name can draw snickers in a serious science class. But the sideways planet has a surprisingly respectable backstory that few people ...