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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 27 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.
What would you name a Uranus probe? The internet's answers are about what you'd think
By Elizabeth Howell published
Thriller films, Antarctic explorers and female science pioneers featured in an informal naming contest seeking a moniker for a proposed Uranus spacecraft mission.
NASA really wants to probe Uranus and could start planning next year
By Stefanie Waldek published
Dr. Lori Glaze of NASA's Planetary Science Division offered updates about the potential mission at a virtual town hall.
Uranus will reverse its path in the sky on Wednesday (Aug 24). Here's how to see it
By Samantha Mathewson published
Uranus will reverse its eastward movement Wednesday (Aug. 24) and begin its westward path across the night sky.
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