Uranus is not the only planetary system to act like this. In 2022, Kane performed a similar study of Jupiter, which has very faint and thin rings, belying the huge mass of the planet.

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 ...

The next two moons of Uranus, Ariel and Umbriel, were discovered by English astronomer William Lassell between 1851 and 1852. These two moons couldn't be more different in terms of appearance.

Scientists led by Xinyue Yang of the University of Houston analyzed decades of readings from spacecraft and computer models to find that Uranus emits 12.5% more internal heat than the amount of ...

The ultraviolet aurorae of Uranus was first observed 1986, but the infrared aurora has not been observed until now, according to the team. By analyzing specific wavelengths of light emitted from ...

5 planets aligning in the sky this week People can catch a five-planet alignment on Tuesday night as Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will appear across the night sky. The planets will ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this discovery contradicts observations of the distant gas giant made by ...