Learn about the unexpected discovery that has shaped new perspectives on Uranus' moons and their brightness.

Instead, they found no evidence for darkening on the moons’ trailing sides, and clear evidence for darkening of the leading ...

Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope went looking for evidence of one phenomenon and found quite another.

As a result of the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, our solar system ...

SCIENTISTS have stumbled across a new Super-Earth that orbits inside its star’s habitable zone with a new alien-hunting tool.

An international team used 20 years of data and photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to study Uranus' atmosphere and ...

A new analysis of planet formation models estimates the odds of a theoretical Planet Nine orbiting our sun at 40% given ...

For this reason, Uranus is said to be orbiting in an “overturned” position, as shown in the picture below. It is hypothesized that this may be due to a collision with an Earth-sized object in ...

China’s Tianwen-2 mission targets a near-Earth quasi-moon and a rare comet, aiming to return samples and redefine planetary science in one bold journey.

Uranus' hidden secrets revealed by a stellar eclipse A stellar occultation is when a distant star is eclipsed by an orbiting celestial body, such as a planet, which blocks the starlight.

The chance of liquid oceans hiding beneath the surface of moons orbiting Uranus has enticed NASA to begin planning a new mission that will send a spacecraft to the ice giant. The mission is still ...