William Saunders, planetary scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, revealed that Uranus occulted a star lying about 400 ...

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

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth ...

NASA had a rare opportunity to study Uranus’ atmosphere and rings when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, ...

While Uranus is not technically a gas giant, as it has a solid core, it’s hard to see what’s actually going on through all that gas, as powerful winds rip through the thick atmosphere.

A rare one-hour occultation in April 2025 let NASA and global scientists uncover new secrets about Uranus’ atmosphere, rings, ...

Uranus is an ice giant planet with a thick atmosphere over a hot mantle of water, ammonia, and methane ices. Humanity has ...

The scientists also observed that ice and gas giants like Uranus may be natural laboratories for learning about atmospheres. This absence of solid ground means that cloud formation, storm development, ...

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

If human life existed on the planet Uranus, it’s likely the same phenomenon might happen. But now we know that a single day on Uranus is 28 seconds longer than astronomers first calculated in ...