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"Uranus is weird, so it's always been uncertain how much the magnetic field actually interacts with its satellites." ...
The crescent Moon lies in Taurus near the planet Uranus. You can easily spot the distant ice giant with binoculars or a small ...
Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...
Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope went looking for evidence of one phenomenon and found quite another.
This material causes Titania and Oberon to have darker and redder leading hemispheres. These outer moons effectively shield ...
The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have ...
New Hubble observations reveal unexpected darkening on Uranus’ moons, challenging long-held assumptions about its ...
Information about Uranus is limited. What we know is that the planet is composed mainly of water and ammonia ice, its diameter is about 51,000 kilometers, about four times that of the Earth, and its ...
Otherwordly Seasons: Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System, is an "ice giant" that travels around the Sun while tipped on its side. NASA describes the planet as a mysterious and mostly ...