A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth. While it is comparatively ...
A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth. While it is comparatively ...
Most of humanity’s knowledge about Uranus came from a 1986 Voyager 2 flyby on “a particularly windy day.” A new study says the time for a new, more accurate probe of Uranus is necessary. Just when you ...
An exploded view of an ice giant planet such as Uranus or Neptune. A new theory proposes that below the dense atmosphere lies a water-rich layer (blue) that has separated from a deeper layer of hot, ...
What lies beneath the thick, bluish atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune? For decades, scientists have speculated about the mysterious interiors of these ice giants. Now, a planetary scientist from ...
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Uranus and Neptune may soon lose their reputation as the “boring” planets of the ...
In 1986, the buzz of NASA’s Voyager 2 enthralled many as it swept past Uranus, capturing images of gargantuan moons blanketed with ice. As we approach 40 years since that momentous event, NASA is ...