Two teams have separately concluded that Uranus is releasing more internal heat than was indicated in observations by Voyager ...

Uranus' accidental discovery 240 years ago greatly enhanced our understanding of the solar system, doubling the size of the ...

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 ...

The phenomenon known as a planetary parade is back as astronomers and stargazers prepare for what could be a dazzling display in the solar system this week. The planetary parade — what appears ...

Uranus radiates more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies find — just as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune do.

A 7-planet alignment will be visible in Michigan skies on Friday. Here's what to know and how to see the planetary alignment.

Only four other comets have ever shown such activity while approaching from more than 20 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun — as far out as the orbit of Uranus. (One AU is the average Earth ...

Uranus will appear in the Aries constellation ... The planets in the solar system orbit the sun, just as Earth does. Every planet orbits at a different speed and distance. During these alignments ...

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars are visible after ... The new definition requires that a planet: orbit the sun is large enough to be round has cleared its orbit of other small ...

Astronomers say they have discovered more than 100 new moons around Saturn, possibly the result of cosmic smashups that left ...