Voyager 2's 1986 flyby of Uranus, the main source of our knowledge of the icy planet, could have come at the same time as a ...
Get ready for some unforeseen shake-ups! The sun will clash with Uranus retrograde on Nov. 16, igniting unexpected ...
For decades, the observation has been an enigma. But not anymore. Recent analysis of Voyager's old data found that extreme ...
The researchers revealed that Uranus’s protective magnetic field was distorted, and seemed wonky and weak, being squashed and ...
“To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising,” said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...
In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.
Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.
A new analysis of Voyager 2's data from 1986 reveals that Uranus isn't anywhere near as sterile as researchers once thought.
Scientists have discovered potential oceans on two of Uranus's moons. Could this lead to a new space expedition? How much ...
A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...
In 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained ...
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.