It's been almost 40 years since Voyager 2 flew past Uranus, but its readings from that whistlestop flyby have remained some of the most important for how we understand the planet. But new data from a ...

The seventh planet in the solar system has an average temperature of just -195°C, unsurprising given it’s 1.8billion miles ...

Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined ...

The discovery challenges findings made by Voyager 2, which collected data suggesting Uranus, unlike other giant planets in ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this ...

A new study led by University of Houston researchers, in collaboration with planetary scientists worldwide, suggests Uranus ...

Before defining what a light-year is, we should define what a light-year is not: It is not a measure of time, but rather a ...

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the ...

Visiting Florida's Space Coast? Tourists may want to see a launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral, about ...

Neptune is called an “ice giant” because it’s mostly made of a thick, slushy mix of water, methane, and ammonia, which ...

The Voyager missions are among the most groundbreaking and enduring space endeavors in history. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 ...

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...