New research suggests the moons of Jupiter and Uranus may hint that our planetary neighborhood once had a third ice giant.

MOSCOW, Idaho — Scientists have confirmed that one of Uranus's faint outer rings is made up primarily of water ice. Professor of Physics at the University of Idaho (U of I), Matthew Hedman, ...

New observations of Uranus's enigmatic outer rings have shown them to be even more mysterious than astronomers had thought, and their unusual properties hint at some puzzling things going on with the ...

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A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by ...

Outer space has fascinated people from the very first time a human being gazed upon the night sky and wondered what the beams of light in the sky were and what they meant. The moon has particularly ...

Chariklo's rings were discovered when it passed in front of a star called UCAC4 on June 3, 2013, as viewed from South America. During such an event, called an occultation, the lig ...

Astronomers believe Triton may not have originally formed around Neptune.

Neptune’s third-largest moon, Nereid, could be an intact survivor from the planet’s original satellite system, upending previous assumptions.

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The JWST’s mid-infrared photos show two distinct, concentric dust rings surrounding the nebula, not visible in optical ...