Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...

This planet was discovered 244 years ago on 13th March 1781 by William Herschel. Here are 7 UNIQUE things to know about this ...

Uranus has 27 known moons, which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. Uranus takes approximately 84 Earth years to complete one orbit around the Sun.

"The number of these storms, and how frequently and where they appear in Uranus's atmosphere, might be due to a combination of seasonal and meteorological effects," NASA said in a press release.

This image of a crescent Uranus, taken by Voyager 2 on January 24th, 1986, reveals its icy blue atmosphere. Despite Voyager 2's close flyby, the composition of the atmosphere remained a mystery ...

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Researchers had long suspected that Uranus's atmosphere was laced with hydrogen sulfide, and in concentrations dozens of times higher than at Saturn or Jupiter. They couldn't be certain ...

Its atmosphere is the coldest of any planet in our solar system, and contains clouds of methane, hydrogen sulphide and ammonia. It is this methane that gives the planet its distinctive aquamarine ...