Uranus sits far beyond the orbit of Saturn, yet its smallest moons are suddenly at the center of a quiet revolution in outer ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

Uranus is more interesting than previously thought, scientists have found. Everything scientists know about the distant world has been thrown into question after reviewing the only mission to venture ...

From more than 2 billion miles away, a spacecraft built to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has managed to snap a crisp, almost minimalist portrait of Uranus. The image is technically a navigation test ...

Uranus, the seventh planet in the solar system, located between Saturn and Neptune, has long been a mystery. But by analyzing observations made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope over a 20-year period, ...

For decades, Uranus baffled scientists because it seemed to have no internal heat. Now, new computer modeling shows the planet actually emits more energy than it receives from the Sun. This subtle ...

WASHINGTON — Stargazers had a chance to see one of our solar system's outermost planets on Monday night: Uranus. The ice giant, which is the planet seventh furthest from the sun, reached opposition on ...

The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA is going to Uranus! This week the National Academy of ...

Uranus, the third-largest planet in our solar system, is sometimes visible with the unaided eye. Credit: Creators.com illustration How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine? Eight? Twelve?

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.