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 ...

New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien ...

The icy moon Miranda is the latest satellite in our solar system to spark hope in the search for life beyond Earth.

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 ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

Check out these stunning images of planets and their moons in our solar system captured by NASA James Webb Space Telescope.

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

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.