Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought – ...

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The team used more than a decade’s worth of observations of Uranus’ unique aurorae taken with Hubble and refined the planet’s rotation period. This technique revealed that it completes a rotation 28 ...

This approach can now be used to determine the rotation rate of any celestial object with a magnetic field and auroras — including exoplanets.

By analyzing more than a decade of Hubble observations of Uranus' aurorae, researchers have refined the planet's rotation period and established a crucial new reference point for future planetary ...

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Hubble Space Telescope data show that the time taken for the planet to revolve around its axis is almost half a minute longer than was thought.

A day on Uranus is about half a minute longer than previously thought, according to new research. Nearly 40 years ago, Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe Uranus up-close. Using radio ...