Latest about Uranus
See a sunset on Uranus, other worlds (and a moon, too) in this NASA simulator
If you watched the sun set on Uranus, the sky would start off as a brilliant blue and fade into deeper blues with striking turquoise notes. So how do we know that?
What smacked Uranus on its side? Something icy and as massive as Earth, scientists say.
Astronomers have worked out details of the giant impact that knocked Uranus so famously askew.
Uranus Shines at Its Brightest Tonight: Here's How to See It
You can catch Uranus, one of the solar system's most distant planets, at its brightest tonight.
Look Up! Uranus and the Waning Gibbous Moon Share the Sky
Just before dawn today (Aug. 21), skywatchers will be able to spot both Uranus and the waning gibbous moon.
Uranus 'Backs Up' in the Night Sky Ahead This Week's Full Moon
Tonight, Aug. 12, Uranus will reverse direction and begin a westward, retrograde loop that will last into mid-January, 2020.
A Mysterious Glow Warms Rings of Uranus
Some sort of a heat wave has warmed the rings of Uranus, even though the planet orbits far away from the sun.
Scientists Want to Probe Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune
It's been decades since a spacecraft visited either Uranus or Neptune — which means scientists are busy dreaming up instruments that could be flown out on the next probe to these ice giants.
Here's What a Spacecraft Orbiting Uranus Could Learn
No spacecraft has gotten a close look at Uranus in more than three decades — but scientists know they want to go back, if they can design the right mission to do so.
