"It turns out that they're really cracked too, and that was the missing piece of the puzzle." ...

Do you know which planet is called the green planet of the solar system? This ice giant contains a large amount of methane gas, which absorbs red light and reflects blue-green light. Learn about its ...

The observatory’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument observed Uranus for almost a full rotation just over a year ago, showing how the planet’s ionosphere, a thin layer in the planet’s ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first vertical view of Uranus's upper atmosphere, delivering an unprecedented look at the planet's ionosphere and auroral structures. The new ...

Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to map Uranus's upper atmosphere in three dimensions. The planet's tilted rotation and offset magnetic field create complex auroras unlike those on ...

Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the most detailed map yet of Uranus's upper atmosphere. The planet's tilted rotation and offset magnetic field cause its auroras to be complex ...

On January 19, the Webb space telescope stared deep into the chaotic world of Uranus for 17 hours, observing as the faint glow from molecules above the planet’s clouds meets its unusual magnetic field ...

Voyager 2’s flyby of Uranus in 1986 recorded radiation levels so extreme they baffled scientists for nearly 40 years. New research suggests the spacecraft caught Uranus during a rare solar wind event ...

On Feb. 3, Uranus will finally station direct, after a retrograde journey that began in September last year Everything you thought was solid is shifting, and there’s no turning back! On Feb. 3, Uranus ...

Life is about to get so much better for four zodiac signs now that Uranus is turning direct on February 3, 2026. Uranus turned retrograde on September 6, 2025, and since then, we've experienced a lot ...

Everything you thought was solid is shifting, and there’s no turning back! On Feb. 3, Uranus will finally station direct in Taurus, after a retrograde journey that began in September last year. This ...

Water compressed by atmospheric pressure millions of times stronger than on Earth doesn’t behave like the H20 we all know. At extreme conditions found deep inside ice giant planets, scientists have ...