During its 1986 observation of the planet in the first and only flyby, the spacecraft measured a surprisingly strong electron ...

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...

URANUS has been the butt of many a schoolkid's joke during science class, thanks to its rather "quirky" yet misunderstood ...

Powerful waves unleashed by solar storms could be the key to understanding extreme radiation. (SwRI) researchers now think ...

Uranus provides a unique laboratory to test our understanding of planetary atmospheres under extreme conditions. Multi-spectral observations from Voyager, ground-based observatories, and space ...

The spacecraft had measured a surprisingly strong electron radiation belt during a flyby of Uranus, which had remained a ...

Three images of Uranus that are blue, green and red showing a weird bright spot A vortex of relatively warm air has been detected swirling beneath Uranus' clouds, providing strong evidence for the ...

Forty years ago, Voyager imaged Uranus and presented the world with a new mystery. Upon further inspection, it may have just ...

(CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a glowing new portrait of Uranus that showcases the ice giant's typically hidden rings, moons, weather and atmosphere - features that were nowhere to ...

"This was the first time we have collaborated on this scale for an occultation." NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between ...

Even at almost 2 billion miles away from the sun, Uranus is still affected by changing seasons and weather just like Earth. On Uranus, though, each season is an epic 21 years long because of its ...

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