"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.

Cold, dark and windswept - despite its calm appearance, the ice giant Uranus is a planet of extremes. Orbiting the Sun at an average distance of 2.9 billion kilometres - more than 19 times further out ...

A solar wind event days before the NASA probe flyby in 1986 may have compressed the planet’s magnetosphere, making it look odder than it usually is.

Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space weather just before the craft arrived has given us a misleading idea about the planet’s magnetic fi ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

Oct. 11, 2024 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. If you’ve never seen the seventh planet, Uranus, here comes one of the easiest chances you’ll get. In the early hours of ...

Venus is our planet of pleasure and links to the nodes of destiny, which could bring up karmic situations around money, love ...

This week in astrology, relationships are expected to take a more grounded and serious approach thanks to the influence of ...

It helps build on the story that some of these moons at Uranus may be really interesting—that there may be several ocean worlds around one of the most distant planets in our solar system ...

When Venus is in Capricorn, love and relationships prioritize stability, urging us to create a solid foundation for the ...

After that, it gets tricky. The last two planets, Neptune and Uranus, are not only the farthest from Earth but also the faintest in the sky. Unless you have incredibly clear skies devoid of light ...