The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

In 2022, the National Academy of Sciences Planetary Science Decadal Survey recommended exploration of Uranus as its highest ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this discovery contradicts observations of the distant gas giant made by NASA's ...

As the worlds of the Solar System go, Uranus is among the weirdest. Its peculiar properties, from internal heating to its ...

The ice giant Uranus, named as a top priority destination by the National Academies, could be reached in half the time using ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-sought secret hidden deep within Uranus: the icy giant is still radiating internal heat. Contrary to what was believed for decades, Uranus is not merely reflecting ...

A new paper suggests that Uranus might still contain evidence of the catastrophic impact that knocked it on to its side and shaped much of its evolutionary history. If it's accurate, there are some ...

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 ...

Astronomers have found signs that the small icy world Chiron, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, may be forming a new ring ...