When checking out Uranus, scientists discovered something exciting: that the planet appears to have a long-term girlfriend.

A new analysis of decades' worth of observations has revealed that Uranus does indeed emit more heat than it receives from ...

Uranus and Neptune are the outermost planets of the solar system. In size, possibly bulk composition, and their large distance from the Sun they are similar and clearly segregated from […] ...

Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined ...

Uranus and Neptune are the only planets (sorry, Pluto) in the solar system to be discovered since the invention of the telescope (for hints of a new planet, see SN: 2/20/16, p. 6); the others have ...

As for the Neptune storm, it's a whopping 6,800 miles across, more than twice the size of the United States. Seasons on Neptune last for over 40 years, and it's now winter in its northern hemisphere.

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational beat in a never-before-seen rhythm. It’s the first of its kind, orbiting the ...

Because Neptune has a more active, turbulent atmosphere than Uranus does, the team believes Neptune’s atmosphere is more efficient at churning up methane particles into the haze layer and ...

Voyager 2/ISS images of Uranus and Neptune released shortly after the Voyager 2 flybys in 1986 and 1989, respectively, compared with a reprocessing of the individual filter images in this study to ...

Because Uranus and Neptune are nearly 2 billion miles away from Earth, it is challenging to learn the ins and outs of these two giant planets. And, unlike Mars, ...

This image of the planet Uranus was taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2 in 1986. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Previously, scientists had suggested it was the methane of Neptune that makes that ...

Uranus and Neptune, on the other hand, are incredibly similar. Uranus is home to 13 known rings and 27 moons. Neptune has just five rings and 14 moons, the most famous of which is Triton.