The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have ...

"Uranus is weird, so it's always been uncertain how much the magnetic field actually interacts with its satellites." ...

This material causes Titania and Oberon to have darker and redder leading hemispheres. These outer moons effectively shield ...

Friday, July 4 Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun, standing 26° from our star at 1 A.M. EDT. We’ll ...

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

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

U ranus is a very weird planet, and it turns out that there is a newly discovered oddity to add to its already extensive list. Astronomers used Hubble to study the interactions between the planet's ...

On March 8, ALMA spotted a pair of jets blasting out of the comet's nucleus – its solid icy core. Spectrometry revealed that ...

Uranus needs over 84 "Earthly" years to complete a single orbit around the Sun, which means hot seasons last about 42 years and colder periods last the remaining 42 years.

Webb has captured a frigid exoplanet in a wildly tilted orbit, revealing a system shaped by past planetary violence and ...

An international team of scientists put the idea to the test thanks to mountains of data regarding OSIRIS-REx’s recent asteroid target Bennu.