NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation." This rare event ...

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

A stellar occultation this month gave scientists an opportunity to scrutinize the seventh planet from the Sun.

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

Astronomers have just revealed that a day on Uranus is longer than was previously thought, at 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds. This is 28 seconds longer than the previous estimate, which was made ...

(WHTM) – The Hubble Space Telescope has been measuring Uranus’ interior rotation and determined that a day on the planet is longer than initially thought. According to a French-led team of ...

(AP) — A day at Uranus just got a little longer ... team said this new approach can help pinpoint the rotation of any world with auroras and a magnetosphere. Published in the journal Nature ...

Scientists reported Monday that observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed it takes Uranus 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds to complete a full rotation. That’s 28 seconds ...