Alongside the discovery of new moons and rings, baffling new mysteries confronted scientists ... Planetary scientists are ...

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

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

When Voyager 2 flew past the ice giant 38 years ago, it revealed a magnetosphere warped by solar winds, a finding uncovered through recent analysis of archival data.

They'll look like a halo surrounding the planet rather than physical rings like you can usually see with Saturn. Opposition happens once a year for each planet in the solar system except Venus and ...

Freezing cold, dark and with an atmosphere that smells like farts and rotten eggs? Uranus doesn’t sound like somewhere you’d want to call home. But let’s say you did want to move to Uranus. What kind ...

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

NASA's Voyager 2 captured this image of Uranus while flying by the ice giant in 1986. New research using data from the ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...

Tengrinews.kz - For years, scientists have observed intriguing "patterns" on Venus known as tesserae, unique features found ...

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.

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