Uranus' accidental discovery 240 years ago greatly enhanced our understanding of the solar system, doubling the size of the ...

Far from the Sun, Uranus sits tipped on its side, carrying a magnetic system unlike any other planet’s. Its equator tilts about 97.

A flyby of Uranus in 1986 is where we gathered much of our knowledge about the distant ice giant, but new research has found that this may not have been a standard representation of the planet's ...

Uranus is often regarded as the weirdest planet in our solar system. But a new study suggests that the gas giant may not actually be as strange as we thought. Researchers from University College ...

Uranus looks calm and distant, but its behavior defies nearly every planetary norm. Knocked onto its side by a massive ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope. This frigid planet, our solar system's ...

Decades-long mysteries about Uranus may have been caused by unexpected data collected during a particularly powerful solar storm, according to research. In 1986, Nasa’s Voyager 2 flew past the seventh ...

It's easy to think that Neptune is the coldest planet in the solar system because it is the farthest from the Sun. Astronomers have been puzzled for years by the fact that Uranus is the coldest planet ...

Uranus, the third-largest planet in our solar system, is sometimes visible with the unaided eye. Credit: Creators.com illustration How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine? Eight? Twelve?

The planet Uranus is known for being one of two ice giants in the outer solar system and sits in a remote part of the Milky Way. Only one Nasa spacecraft, Voyager 2, has ever travelled close to it and ...