A new 3D map of Uranus is shedding light on one of the solar system's most mysterious planets.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and an ice giant known for its striking blue-green color, caused by methane in its atmosphere. It rotates on its side with a 98-degree tilt, creating extreme ...

For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus's upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the ...

For the first time, an international team of astronomers has mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’ upper atmosphere, depicting how temperature and charged particles change with altitude across the ...

The planet's lopsided magnetic field is twisting the light shows.

The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first-ever three-dimensional images of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, revealing a chaotic and shimmering world of infrared auroras.

41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak is now known to be in the Jupiter family of comets, going from a little inside Jupiter's orbit to almost as far as Earth on its 5.4-year orbit. It is notable for its large ...

A newly discovered asteroid has shattered speed records, completing a full rotation in just 112 seconds, faster than any ...

Every once in a while, the mechanics of our solar system grant Earth and its residents a better-than-average view, as is the ...

A Northumbria University PhD student has led an international team of astronomers in creating the first-ever three-dimensional map of Uranus's upper ...

The other discovery is the cooling of the atmosphere. Combining the observations from JWST with measurements from Voyager 2, other spacecraft, and ground-based telescopes, it is clear that the ...