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Uranus: Everything you need to know about the coldest planet in the solar system
By Charles Q. Choi last updated
Reference Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and was the first to be discovered with a telescope. We explore this ice giant in more detail here.
The north pole of Uranus has a stormy vortex and we've just seen it for the 1st time (photo)
By Keith Cooper published
Once thought to be drab and inert, Uranus' atmosphere is gradually revealing how storm-ridden it really is.
Uranus' 4 biggest moons may have buried oceans of salty water
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The four biggest moons of Uranus — Titania, Oberon, Ariel and Umbriel — may harbor salty oceans beneath their frozen surfaces, a new study suggests.
Uranus' moons: A guide to the ice giant's strange tilted moons
By Robert Lea last updated
Reference At the outer edge of the solar system is the coldest planet Uranus, but it isn't alone. The ice giant is orbited by at least 28 moons, some as strange and unique as the ice giant itself.
Two moons of Uranus may have active subsurface oceans
By Robert Lea published
The Uranus moons Ariel and Miranda may have active oceans blasting plumes of particles into space, a new look at data collected by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft suggests.
Uranus up close: What proposed NASA 'ice giant' mission could teach us
By Charles Q. Choi published
A proposed NASA mission to Uranus would shed light on the mysterious ice giant as well as a type of exoplanet that's among the most common in the universe, researchers say.
Spot Uranus at opposition in the night sky Wednesday (Nov. 9)
By Robert Lea published
The distant ice giant planet Uranus will be facing the sun in the sky on the evening of Wednesday (Nov. 9), during an astronomical arrangement called opposition.
Uranus' weird tilt may be the work of a long-lost moon
By Paul Sutter published
Uranus is just plain weird, and one of the weirdest things about it is its tilt.
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