The chance of liquid oceans hiding beneath the surface of moons orbiting Uranus has enticed NASA to begin planning a new mission that will send a spacecraft to the ice giant. The mission is still in ...

Models for the interior structures of the ice-giant planets Uranus and Neptune have two distinct, intermediate layers: an upper, water-rich convecting layer where disorganized magnetic fields are ...

Boffins have had a rare peek inside Uranus - and found it has 13 rings and is full of gas. Excited NASA chiefs took advantage of an unusual cosmic event to get their first detailed glimpse inside the ...

A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from a passing spacecraft.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope. This frigid planet, our solar system's third ...

Ever wondered what it’s like deep inside Uranus? How big is it? Is it warm? And how long does it take to reach the bottom? Well, a stunning new stimulation – sorry, simulation – on YouTube transports ...

We might finally understand what’s going on inside Uranus and Neptune, and the answer is pretty surprising: They may each contain an ocean of water. “We didn’t really know anything before,” about ...

Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer than anything. A study by the lead researchers astrophysicists Luca Morf ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, which was viewed up close by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986, has been the focus of more than a few studies over the last few decades. One of the more recent ...

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