5 shocking near-death encounters of Voyager 2 you didn’t know about!
Voyager 2, launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, was designed to explore the outer planets and ultimately…
Uranus Has a Tiny New Moon and It’s Only Six Miles Wide
James Webb has revealed Uranus’ smallest moon yet, a six-mile-wide world hidden near its inner rings. This discovery…
NASA, Oxford Discover Warmer Uranus Than Once Thought
KEY POINTS Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune each emit more energy than they receive from the Sun, meaning they…
A Closer Look At Uranus’s Moons Reveals a Surprising Dark Side
The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have…
NASA Takes Advantage of Planetary Alignment to Take a Peek at Uranus
On April 7, Uranus passed in front of a distant star located 400 light-years away, giving NASA scientists…
Hubble Helps Determine Uranus’ Rotation Rate with Unprecedented Precision
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made new measurements of Uranus’ interior…