When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An illustration shows the moon Ariel orbiting the ice giant Uranus. | Credit: Robert Lea (Created with Canva)/NASA Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that Uranus’ moon Ariel may be hiding in a buried ocean… Read More »
Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding the ice giant Uranus and its faint radiation belts. The belts’ weakness may be linked to the planet’s peculiarly tilted and unstable magnetic field, which could be causing a “traffic jam” for particles orbiting Earth. The mystery dates back to Voyager 2’s visit to Uranus in January… Read More »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will begin investigating the spectacular light shows of solar system giants Uranus and Saturn. Two separate teams of astronomers at the University of Leicester will use the $10 billion space telescope to study auroras on gas giant Saturn and cold ice giant Uranus. The aim will be to explain… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Astronomers have discovered three previously unknown moons around Uranus and Neptune, the most distant planets in our solar system. The find includes a moon orbiting Uranus (the first discovery of its kind in more than… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. New research has revealed that the true colors of Neptune and Uranus, which often appear in completely different hues in images, may be more similar than previously thought. The first detailed images of the two… Read More »
Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, orbits the outer solar system about two billion miles (3.2 billion kilometers) from Earth. It’s a huge world; It is four times the diameter of Earth, 15 times its mass, and 63 times its volume. Uranus, which has not been visited by spacecraft in more than 35 years,… Read More »