The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long thought. Instead, ...

All objects in the solar system orbit the Sun. Some move quickly ... just as the Moon shines by reflecting sunlight at night. The Moon shines at night because it reflects sunlight. If planet X exists, ...

On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moons. Clipper will reach the ...

Now, a new study published Nov. 11 in Nature Astronomy has revisited the Voyager 2 data and discovered that Uranus was ...

By exploring Uranus’s moons, scientists aim to refine the tools and models necessary to search for life in similarly extreme ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5 didn't stick around for Thanksgiving, but don't be sad. It will be back... but will it ever be a second ...

All large moons in the solar system, including Uranus’s, are tidally locked. This means that gravity has matched their spin so that the same side always faces their parent planet while they orbit.

It is among the coldest of all the planets ... as an enormous surprise because it was unlike the solar system’s other planets and their moons. Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, photographed ...

Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a computer model that can detect liquid water on the moons of Uranus by ...

Telescopes, microscopes, spectrometers, and gravitational wave detectors all help to piece together the deep history of our Solar System ... nascent planet called Theia, forming the Moon.

A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, challenging assumptions about its potential for life.