A fresh look at data on Uranus from 1986 has prompted NASA scientists to suggest the planet could support life.

Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Observations of Uranus in the near-infrared from 1992 to 2018 reveal that the planet’s upper ...

A solar wind event days before the NASA probe flyby in 1986 may have compressed the planet’s magnetosphere, making it look odder than it usually is.

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

Scientists have found that previously-known observations about Uranus were misleading. Uranus, the first planet discovered ...

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft detected an unexpected phenomenon in the environment around the planet Uranus in 1986. Years ...

Miranda eventually fell out of sync with one of the other Uranian moons, nullifying the mechanism keeping its interior warm. Researchers don't think Miranda has fully frozen over yet though, as it ...

In short, it means that Uranus is as close to the Earth as it can possibly get, which will make it appear larger and brighter in the sky than it does during ... They'll look like a halo ...

In 1986, Nasa ... look like and are even more in need of a second spacecraft to visit to truly understand this mysterious, icy world. “A big piece of evidence against there being oceans on ...

In 1986, Nasa ... look like and are even more in need of a second spacecraft to visit to truly understand this mysterious, icy world. “A big piece of evidence against there being oceans on ...

However, fresh analysis has found that Uranus is less weird than previously thought and therefore of greater scientific interest. An image of the planet Uranus taken by the NASA spacecraft Voyager ...