Assuming you’ve accepted Pluto’s demotion, Uranus and Neptune are the two planets in our Solar System farthest from Earth. That distance means humanity is still learning a lot about them. Some of ...

Scientists have predicted that there could be large planets the size of Jupiter or Uranus likely trapped at the edge of our solar system, much farther than the hypothetical planet X. Such a planet ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. It’s been a big year for Uranus. We’ve learned quite a bit about the planet thanks to new ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech For sure, it was a far-reaching recommendation: The planet Uranus and ...

Uranus' accidental discovery 240 years ago greatly enhanced our understanding of the solar system, doubling the size of the solar system as we knew it at the time. Here's how a German astronomer ...

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. A team of astronomers announced Tuesday that a new satellite measuring roughly 90 ...

How can something as small as the moon cover Uranus, a planet four times the diameter of Earth? Easy! The moon is 7,280 times closer to us, so its apparent size is almost 500 times bigger. That's how.

NEW ORLEANS — The giant impact from an Earth-size rock that knocked Uranus sideways may have also helped create the tilted planet's moons, a new study finds. The poles along which Earth spins are ...

Sky-gazers will have a good chance of seeing the icy planet Uranus from just 1.7 billion miles away Thursday night — without the help of a telescope. Uranus is making a close approach to our planet, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles (10 kilometers) wide. It ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON – Uranus will be visible without ...