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 ...

Venture to the outer edges of the solar system where decades-long missions push the limits of human engineering. From ...

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 ...

Showing that you shouldn't draw conclusions based on too few facts, new NASA research suggests that a decades-old view of Uranus as an unusually cold planet isn't true, but that it does actually ...

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On April 7, Uranus passed in front of a distant star located 400 light-years away, giving NASA scientists a rare cosmic alignment in which to investigate the distant ice giant. During the hour-long ...

The cosmos is always in motion, and it allows spectators to see some cool stuff. As the Earth orbits the sun, it pulls itself through comet tails, resulting in meteor showers, and occasionally picks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With Earth directly between Uranus and the Sun, the seventh ...

Uranus, an ice giant planet and the seventh planet from the sun, may be warmer than previously thought. The third largest planet in the solar system — previously thought to be the coldest despite ...

Uranus, often referred to as the planet of cosmic rebellion, challenges traditional norms to forge new pathways. As a generational planet, it moves more slowly than the personal planets, taking ...