A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.

A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...

The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long thought. Instead, ...

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

NASA's Voyager 2 helped shape scientists' understanding of Uranus but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night ... Why Uranus and Neptune Are Different Colors May 31 ...

The presence of darkness reveals that the hero is on the way to a greater truth. A transformation always occurs, but only ...

Thursday's night sky will feature a finale of this year's celestial calendar: its last supermoon. The supermoon will not be alone, as it will be rising after the peak of the Taurid meteor shower.

A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, challenging assumptions about its potential for life.

“The spacecraft saw Uranus in conditions that only occur ... the other large planets in our solar system, such as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. Magnetospheres are the protective bubbles around ...