On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

So, it came as a shock to many people when, in 1781, it was announced that a seventh planet, the first to be discovered since ...

New images of Uranus show the planet in blue, the upper atmosphere in red, auroras in lighter red spots and rings in white. ESA / Webb, NASA, CSA, STScI, P. Tiranti, H. Melin, M. Zamani (ESA / Webb) ...

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What is a planetary retrograde? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across the sky.

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Spread the loveAs we step into the night of March 16, 2026, stargazers are in for a treat as the constellation Canis Minor, known as the Little Dog, proudly displays itself in the southern evening sky ...

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Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the most detailed map yet of Uranus's upper atmosphere. The planet's tilted rotation and offset magnetic field cause its auroras to be complex ...

Among the solar system’s planets, Uranus is criminally overlooked. Much like its outer solar system neighbor, Neptune, this “ice giant” world is so far from the sun (and so visually bland) that we ...