A stellar occultation this month gave scientists an opportunity to scrutinize the seventh planet from the Sun.

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

Uranus is an ice giant planet with a thick atmosphere over a hot mantle of water, ammonia, and methane ices. Humanity has ...

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Gemini North telescope and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility observations of Neptune and Uranus may have revealed why they differ in color. Credit: Directed by: Bethany ...

The data collected will help researchers understand how Uranus’ atmosphere functions and how it has evolved over the past 30 ...

Read Artist's illustration showing a distant star going out of sight as it is eclipsed by Uranus - an event known as a ...

Scientists believe that deep within the atmospheres of these ice giants are gases that are different from those present in ...

Planetary scientists call it a stellar occultation and that's exactly what happened with Uranus on April 7. Observing the alignment allows NASA scientists to measure the temperatures and ...

On April 7, 2025, star HIP 16271 was occulted by Uranus. As a star, it is by no means famous. A yellow-white star in the constellation of Taurus, not bright enough to be visible to the naked eye g ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

The Aries Moon leaves you feeling hot under the collar. Figure out what any grumpiness that’s visiting has to say to you.

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, four zodiac signs are the universe’s favorites. This day takes our wildest dreams and makes good ...