Uranus will enter retrograde motion at 9:40 p.m. EDT ... causing the apparent position of objects like the planets in our solar system to move from side to side throughout the year. ...

Since Uranus will remain close by, those who do have a telescope will be able to see it throughout the month of October. Correction: The original version of this story misstated the position of ...

If you look on Saturday or Monday nights Uranus will barely appear to have moved, but the Moon—your guide—will be in a different position so won’t appear to be particularly close to Uranus.

Uranus is unusual in that its spin axis is inclined by 98 degrees compared to its orbital plane around the Sun. This is far more pronounced than other planets, such as Jupiter (3 degrees), Earth ...

Uranus and Neptune are the enigmas of the solar system,” says Will Saunders, an ... and that motion launched many of the objects in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud to their current positions.

Uranus is unique among all the planets of the solar system because it essentially orbits on its side, with its axis tilted nearly perpendicular to the ...