A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, may harbor a hidden ocean and life.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With Earth directly between Uranus and the Sun, the seventh ...

Voyager 2’s flyby of Uranus in 1986 recorded radiation levels so extreme they baffled scientists for nearly 40 years. New research suggests the spacecraft caught Uranus during a rare solar wind event ...

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, so it's essentially rolling on its side, with the poles ...

The Voyager 2 mission may have caught Uranus at a special time during which the ice giant's radiation belts were being supercharged with electrons accelerated by a similar process to what can drive ...

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. The Webb telescope’s observations of Uranus are giving scientists better insight into ...

The cosmos is always in motion, and it allows spectators to see some cool stuff. As the Earth orbits the sun, it pulls itself through comet tails, resulting in meteor showers, and occasionally picks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The planet may even be spotted without binoculars. JPL-Caltech/Courtesy of NASA An image of the planet Uranus taken by the ...

All four of the sun’s giant planets emit more energy than they receive from the sun Uranus emits more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies report — a discovery that contradicts findings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Uranus in Gemini is here; bold words and world upturned. Read on to see if your sign will be most affected. Buckle up, my babies — ...