Or, in this case, as it passes through a planet's atmosphere. The intention with the Uranus probe isn't to stop in the planet's atmosphere but to travel through it, using its slowing effect on the ...

Those observations helped fine-tune the timing of the occultation and update Uranus’ position by about 125 miles (202 kilometers), which might not sound like much—unless you’re trying to aim ...

They’re running rings around Uranus. New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien life. Scientists from Johns ...

This image provided by ESA/Hubble shows Uranus' aurorae taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on Oct. 10, 2022. (ESA/Hubble via AP) 31,165 people played the daily Crossword recently.

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A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth. While it is comparatively ...

Much of our understanding of Uranus comes from Voyager 2's flyby, which to date remains the only time a spacecraft has visited the planet. Voyager 2's data on the magnetosphere surrounding Uranus ...

Uranus, the third-largest planet in our solar system, has always been something of an enigma. Now, it seems that our understanding of the planet — garnered mostly from a flyby by a NASA ...

All those advantages make an aerocapture system sound like a good addition to any mission to Uranus, so what's the catch? Developing such a system would typically take years and cost millions of ...