Nearly four decades after Voyager 2 skimmed past Uranus, a fresh look at its measurements is reshaping what scientists ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech For sure, it was a far-reaching recommendation: The planet Uranus and ...

Although they are technically gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are referred to as "ice giants" due to their composition.

The chance of liquid oceans hiding beneath the surface of moons orbiting Uranus has enticed NASA to begin planning a new mission that will send a spacecraft to the ice giant. The mission is still in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Mike Yakovlev Over the last couple of years, planetary scientists ...

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

The Voyager 2 mission may have caught Uranus at a special time during which the ice giant's radiation belts were being ...

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

A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from a passing spacecraft.

Researchers have uncovered evidence that Uranus and Neptune could be far rockier on the inside than anyone expected.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The chance of liquid oceans hiding beneath the surface of moons orbiting Uranus has enticed NASA ...

The planet Uranus, photographed by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986. The planet and its moons are expected to be the target of NASA’s next major mission to the outer solar system. When NASA’s ...