As the worlds of the Solar System go, Uranus is among the weirdest. Its peculiar properties, from internal heating to its ...

The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Gemini North telescope and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility observations of Neptune and ...

Uranus, the seventh planet in the solar system, located between Saturn and Neptune, has long been a mystery. But by analyzing observations made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope over a 20-year period, ...

Uranus and Neptune have been called the “ice giants” for decades. But in new research, that nickname might be more a misnomer ...

WASHINGTON — Stargazers had a chance to see one of our solar system's outermost planets on Monday night: Uranus. The ice giant, which is the planet seventh furthest from the sun, reached opposition on ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly labeled Uranus as a gas giant. It is considered an ice giant although, according to NASA, it does not have a true surface and is mostly ...

A flyby of Uranus in 1986 is where we gathered much of our knowledge about the distant ice giant, but new research has found that this may not have been a standard representation of the planet's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. The faint ice giant Uranus lies beyond majestic Saturn and ...

Let’s get it out of the way now. Any comments that might come to mind when you hear the name of the seventh planet from the sun pronounced a certain way—keep them to yourself. No giggles. Absolutely ...