Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought – ...

Astronomers have just revealed that a day on Uranus is longer than was previously thought, at 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 ...

A day on Uranus is about half a minute longer than previously thought, according to new research. An analysis of 11 years of Hubble Space Telescope observations shows that Uranus' day lasts 17 hours, ...

The team used more than a decade’s worth of observations of Uranus’ unique aurorae taken with Hubble and refined the planet’s rotation period. This technique revealed that it completes a rotation 28 ...

The reason this worked so well is thanks to Hubble’s consistent, long-term observations. Over more than a decade, the space ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals a longer day on Uranus than previously thought, correcting data from 1986 and reshaping ...

A new way to measure the length of Uranus’s day could also help determine the rotation rates of other celestial objects—including exoplanets ...

it was enough that observers were no longer able to find the magnetic axis of the planet less than two years after Voyager 2’s visit. That uncertainty was because giant planets such as Uranus ...

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 ...

This is due to the planet's highly tilted magnetic field, which is significantly offset from its rotational axis. The findings not only help astronomers understand Uranus' magnetosphere but also ...

If you really want to annoy an astronomer, ask them to figure out how long a day is on Uranus. On planets like Earth or Mars, calculating how long they take to rotate on their axis is relatively easy.

Uranus just got a little more time on its hands. A fresh analysis of a decade's worth of Hubble Space Telescope observations shows Uranus takes 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds to complete a ...