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Astronomers have discovered three small moons at the farthest planets of our solar system — two circling Neptune and one around Uranus.

The ice giant Uranus and its rings steal the show in this Dec. 18, 2023, image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope captured new images of

The observations are vital for piecing together the science objectives for a future mission to Uranus.

The Republican-controlled House Budget Committee is set to convene a hearing Wednesday to examine legislation that would establish a so-called fiscal commission for the U.S. debt, a proposal that critics have called a Trojan horse for Social Security and Medicare cuts.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-L...

After capturing the best photos of Neptune in decades in 2022, NASA has pointed the James Webb telescope's high-powered lenses at the solar system's other ice giant, Uranus.

There might be some hidden oceans lurking around Uranus.

Scientists have discovered evidence of oceans on the surface of Uranus' moons, a crucial discovery that hints at life on other planets.

At least one of Uranus's moons may harbor an ocean beneath the surface, adding it to the list of places in the solar system that have a chance of supporting life.

The Uranus system may be even more interesting than we thought.

A new analysis of data shows that when the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Uranus in 1986, it saw a skewed view of the planet's magnetosphere. Here's why. The post Uranus mysteries solved with Voyager data first appeared on EarthSky.

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

The deep space mission that changed everything.

This newly released image from NASA offers a detailed look at the distant world.

Five of the Uranus moons might be ocean worlds − and if there's water, there might be life.

The moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn appear to have subsurface oceans — tantalizing targets in the search for life beyond Earth. But it's not clear why these seas exist at all.

A new study suggests oceans for 4 Uranus' moons. If true, they'd join a growing number of ocean worlds in the outer part of our solar system. The post Oceans for 4 Uranus' moons likely, astronomers say first appeared on EarthSky.

Multiple obstacles might make it hard for NASA to turn its dream of ice giant exploration into a reality any time soon

Recent studies illuminate the secrets of Uranus' magnetic field and its oceanic moon, Miranda

To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising, said Tom Nordheim, a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, orbits in the outer solar system, about two billion miles (3.2 billion kilometers) from Earth. It is an enormous world – quadruple the diameter of Earth, with 15 times the mass and 63 times the volume. Unvisited by spacecraft for more than 35 years, Uranus in...