Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years. A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...

Like the ice giant itself, Uranus' moons orbit the sun on their sides and this is just one element that makes them some of the most unusual bodies in the solar system.

Auroras on ice giant revealed: Space photo of the day. Robert Z. Pearlman. Wed, March 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM UTC. 3 min read.

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JWST managed to catch six of the 27 known moons of Uranus when it pictured the ice giant. These are the brightest of the moons; the others are too faint to be seen in a relatively short 12-minute ...

There Are Giant Viruses on Ice Sheet’s Surface in the Arctic—But That’s a Good Thing. It sounds like something out of a horror film, but it could actually be helping combat climate change.

Aug. 15 (UPI) --Officials at a golf course in Victoria, Australia, said a sizable divot left in a green wasn't caused by a rude golfer, but rather a giant ball of ice that fell from the sky. Dylan ...

Astronomers have discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus — the first spotted in nearly 20 years — and two new moons around Neptune.

The idea of a giant virus lurking on a vast ice sheet might sound like the plot to the latest science fiction blockbuster. But it's become a reality, after researchers discovered giant viruses ...

Individual astronomers discovered the ice giant’s five largest moons between 1787 and 1948. When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, it discovered ten more natural satellites.

The planet is a type called a hot Jupiter, meaning it is a large gas giant that orbits very close to its star. So close, in fact, that a year there lasts less than four days and it has a ...