Uranus' radiation belts exhibit a surprising characteristic: their intensity far exceeds scientific predictions. This ...

"This work shows without a doubt that Parker Solar Probe is diving deep with every orbit into the region where the solar wind is born." ...

An ultra-hot rocky exoplanet may be wrapped in a dense atmosphere, defying expectations about what small planets can sustain.

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

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

A NASA spacecraft is making a close approach to the sun, repeating its record-breaking distance of 3.8 million miles from the ...

Fresh simulations show there is a chance Uranus and Neptune might actually be rock-rich worlds wrapped in thinner icy layers.

This year brought remarkable cosmic breakthroughs, and these are the most significant space discoveries that captured the ...

New study of Voyager 2 data shows Uranus experienced a solar wind event during the 1986 flyby, helping explain unusual magnetosphere readings ...

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 ...