A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

Uranus wasn't ready for its closeup 38 years ago. I speak of the 7th planet from the Sun, and third largest in our solar system, which received a flyby — 50,000 miles above the planet — from the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured amazing new imagery of Uranus along with its rings and moons. The footage shows ...

Far from the Sun, Uranus sits tipped on its side, carrying a magnetic system unlike any other planet’s. Its equator tilts ...

"Every component of that system has features that violate some of our ideas about how planets work." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this discovery contradicts observations of the distant gas giant made by NASA's ...

Let’s stop pretending, shall we? Because really, we’re not fooling anyone. Uranus is funny. It was funny when you were twelve, and it’s funny now. It was certainly funny when I was a boy and went to a ...

Of all our planets, Uranus has had a tough time in the reputation stakes over the years. Its name alone is the butt of jokes, and NASA's announcement last week that it wanted to target Uranus with a ...

Voyager 2's - and humanity's - "clearest" photograph of Uranus. We’re all doing our best to try and get through this nasty pandemic, but time are decidedly grim. A good distraction, for me at least, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. You probably haven’t. About 1.8 billion miles/2.9 billion ...

Mike Sori receives funding from NASA. Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, orbits in the outer solar system, about two billion miles (3.2 billion kilometers) from Earth. It is an enormous world – ...