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 ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth.

Uranus will be in opposition on Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. UTC, which translates to 10 a.m. ET and 7 a.m. PT. The best nights to view Uranus from an astrological standpoint will be Nov. 16 to 18, as that ...

NASA wants to explore Uranus. Here’s why that won’t happen until the 2040s An unmanned mission to the mysterious ice giant is at least 20 years away.

Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

They’re running rings around Uranus. New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien life. Scientists from Johns ...

Next up is Uranus, which will arrive at opposition on the night of November 13 and 14. It’s also not too far from perigee, so Uranus will be “only” about 19 times farther away than the Sun ...

Uranus popped up in my feed over the weekend because a lot of people thought NASA had asked the public to come up with names for a mission to the ice giant. Here's what actually went down.