On January 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus. This was the first time any spacecraft had ever visited Uranus. Its twin spacecraft, Voyager 1, only made it as far as Saturn ...

On this date, Jan. 24, 1986, Voyager 2 began beaming images from Uranus, giving scientists unprecedented data and insights about the solar system’s seventh planet. Information from the probe ...

On this date, Jan. 13, 1986, astronomer Stephen Synnott using data collected by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe discovered three additional moons in orbit around Uranus. Those moons are Desdemona ...

Our Solar System, like a sneaky little hobbit, seems to have stuffed its pockets full of hidden oceans. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have moons astronomers think might be harboring liquid ...

Ariel’s medial grooves could provide important clues about the moon’s internal structure, particularly regarding the presence ...

Witness a rare celestial spectacle as seven planets align in the night sky for one night in late February, offering a ...

Scientists have discovered that deep trenches on Uranus’ moon Ariel might be pathways for material from its interior to reach ...

A Clue to What Lies Beneath the Bland Surfaces of Uranus and Neptune Nov. 25, 2024 — When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune 40 years ago, astronomers were surprised that it detected no global ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

This could shed new light on the findings from Voyager 2 several decades ago. The training ended in October 2023. Deep oceans of Uranus and Neptune unearthed with machine learning The deep oceans of ...