The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

An international team used 20 years of data and photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to study Uranus' atmosphere and ...

Information about Uranus is limited. What we know is that the planet is composed mainly of water and ammonia ice, its ...

The research builds on existing information about Uranus, like the fact that the planet is composed mainly of water and ...

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

Uranus might ... with its axis tilted over 90 degrees. This bizarre orientation may be the result of a massive ancient collision. This video dives into its name origins, rotation, and icy mysteries.

This technique revealed that Uranus completes a full rotation in 17 hours ... which is significantly offset from its rotational axis. The findings not only help astronomers understand Uranus’ ...

Uranus just got a little more time on its hands. A fresh analysis of a decade's worth of Hubble Space Telescope observations shows Uranus takes 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds to complete a ...

This makes calculating the length of a Uranian day hard enough, but it's further complicated by Uranus being tilted at 98 degrees on its axis ... a marker to track the rotation of Uranus with ...