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

This animated GIF illustrates Uranus' magnetic field, with the yellow arrow pointing toward the Sun, the light blue arrow indicating the planet’s magnetic axis, and the dark blue arrow showing its ...

The data collected will help researchers understand how Uranus' atmosphere functions and how it has evolved over the past 30 ...

Dec. 19, 2023 — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that spins on its side. Webb captured this dynamic world with rings ...

Uranus is an ice giant planet with a thick atmosphere over a hot mantle of water, ammonia, and methane ices. Humanity has ...

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

Four decades years after their discovery, the 13 mysterious rings around Uranus surprised astronomers again this summer. In June, new images captured their warm glow for the first time.