Even today, this icy, ringed oddball continues to keep scientists guessing. Uranus spins sideways, so each pole gets blasted ...

In a surprising cosmic revelation, Uranus is found to be engaged in a unique orbital dance with a Centaur named 2015 OU₁₉₄.

When checking out Uranus, scientists discovered something exciting: that the planet appears to have a long-term partner.

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft completed a historic flyby of Uranus, becoming the first,and so far, only probe to closely study ...

For millennia, astronomers thought Uranus was no more than a distant star. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that Uranus ...

Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune each emit more energy than they receive from the Sun, meaning they have comparatively warm ...

The seventh planet in the solar system has an average temperature of just -195°C, unsurprising given it’s 1.8billion miles ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

A study from University of Houston researchers showed Uranus's energy levels change with its long seasons, which last about 20 years. This is likely ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...