The chance of liquid oceans hiding beneath the surface of moons orbiting Uranus has enticed NASA to begin planning a new mission that will send a spacecraft to the ice giant. The mission is still in ...

Models for the interior structures of the ice-giant planets Uranus and Neptune have two distinct, intermediate layers: an upper, water-rich convecting layer where disorganized magnetic fields are ...

Boffins have had a rare peek inside Uranus - and found it has 13 rings and is full of gas. Excited NASA chiefs took advantage of an unusual cosmic event to get their first detailed glimpse inside the ...

We might finally understand what’s going on inside Uranus and Neptune, and the answer is pretty surprising: They may each contain an ocean of water. “We didn’t really know anything before,” about ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite image of Uranus (left) and Neptune from Hubble Space Telescope observations. | Credit ...

In April 2025, a stellar occultation was an uncommon and rare space event that gave NASA scientists an unusual chance to study the atmosphere of Uranus as was not yet possible since more than ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has gotten an unprecedented, close-up look at the rings of Uranus. The stunning high-resolution image shows all of the distant planet’s inner and outer rings, as well ...

Icy planets, such as Uranus (U) and Neptune (N), are found in both our solar system and other solar systems across the universe. Nonetheless, these planets, characterized by a thick atmosphere and a ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, which was viewed up close by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986, has been the focus of more than a few studies over the last few decades. One of the more recent ...

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