NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first vertical map of Uranus’s ionosphere, giving scientists a three-dimensional look at the ice giant’s auroras and the strange atmospheric dynamics ...

Scientists may have uncovered a bizarre new state of matter deep inside Uranus and Neptune, where atoms behave in unexpected ...

On April 7, Uranus passed in front of a distant star located 400 light-years away, giving NASA scientists a rare cosmic alignment in which to investigate the distant ice giant. During the hour-long ...

Scientists have discovered two new rings around Uranus, including one composed of water ice, adding to our understanding of ...

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When Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune 40 years ago, astronomers were surprised that it detected no global dipole magnetic fields, like Earth's. The explanation: the ice giants are layered and ...