Uranus sits far beyond the orbit of Saturn, yet its smallest moons are suddenly at the center of a quiet revolution in outer ...

Fresh simulations show there is a chance Uranus and Neptune might actually be rock-rich worlds wrapped in thinner icy layers.

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.

Uranus, the seventh planet in the solar system, located between Saturn and Neptune, has long been a mystery. But by analyzing observations made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope over a 20-year period, ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that Uranus and Neptune could be far rockier on the inside than anyone expected.

Uranus is more interesting than previously thought, scientists have found. Everything scientists know about the distant world has been thrown into question after reviewing the only mission to venture ...

Amateur astronomers asked to watch giant storm on distant planet. Nov. 2, 2011 — -- Something strange is happening on the planet Uranus. A fuzzy white spot has appeared on its frigid blue cloud ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA is going to Uranus! This week the National Academy of ...

From more than 2 billion miles away, a spacecraft built to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has managed to snap a crisp, ...

WASHINGTON — Stargazers had a chance to see one of our solar system's outermost planets on Monday night: Uranus. The ice giant, which is the planet seventh furthest from the sun, reached opposition on ...