Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our Solar ...

Two NASA spacecraft have teamed up to capture direct images of Uranus. The Hubble Space Telescope and the New Horizons Pluto probe formed a cool tag team to investigate the mysterious seventh planet ...

The 29th moon found to be orbiting the solar system’s 7th planet is about six miles wide. By Katrina Miller The space around Uranus just got a bit more crowded. On Tuesday, astronomers using the James ...

As the worlds of the Solar System go, Uranus is among the weirdest. Its peculiar properties, from internal heating to its ...

A study has finally determined where Uranus gets its heat. Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined that the gas giant ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-sought secret hidden deep within Uranus: the icy giant is still radiating internal heat. Contrary to what was believed for decades, Uranus is not merely reflecting ...

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 hosts yet another moon, which looks like a tiny, faint smudge in images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers report in an Aug. 19 NASA release. The newfound object makes the ...

The discovery brings the total number of known Uranian moons to 29. Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh planet from the ...

A team at the NASA has discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus, and this one is even smaller than the others. A team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) discovered the moon on Feb. 2. They ...