Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s ...

when Uranus’s south pole points almost directly towards the Sun," have been animated to show seasonal changes, according to the University of Oxford. Credit: University of Oxford / Patrick Irwin ...

However, during the equinoxes–when the sun is over the planet’s equator–it appears to have a more blue tinge. Animation of seasonal changes in color on Uranus during two Uranus years ...

Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, may initially look like a bland, blue-green ball. But there's a lot to love about the icy giant, from its 13 rings to its 27 known moons to the fact that ...

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The study results could also reinforce the idea that Uranus remains a largely misunderstood world, given that astronomers’ basic knowledge of the planet stemmed from an extraordinary anomaly.

Much of our understanding of Uranus comes from Voyager 2's flyby, which to date remains the only time a spacecraft has visited the planet. Voyager 2's data on the magnetosphere surrounding Uranus ...