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Uranus’s small moons appear dark, red, and short on water

Uranus sits far beyond the orbit of Saturn, yet its smallest moons are suddenly at the center of a quiet revolution in outer ...
ZME Science

Are Uranus and Neptune Really Ice Giants? New Study Says Maybe Not

Fresh simulations show there is a chance Uranus and Neptune might actually be rock-rich worlds wrapped in thinner icy layers.

'Ice giant' planets Uranus and Neptune might not be full of ice after all

The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...
Space.com

Uranus may have more in common with Earth than we thought, 40-year-old Voyager 2 probe data shows

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...
Forbes

Uranus Just Got Brighter — Here’s Exactly Where And When To Look

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With Earth directly between Uranus and the Sun, the seventh ...
WBUR

Look to the sky on Friday, and you might see Uranus

Kelly Beatty: "Uranus is the third-largest planet in our solar system (three times the diameter of Earth). But its orbit is so far away, nearly 2 billion miles from the Sun, that it looks very dim in ...
PEDESTRIAN.TV

Uranus Retrograde Will Close A 7-Year Chapter That Began In 2018 — Here’s What It Means

It’s time to do some serious reflection and dig up your old journals because whatever was a huge theme in your life in 2018 will return with a vengeance from this weekend onwards as Uranus Retrograde ...
CNN

Astronomers discover hidden moon orbiting Uranus

Astronomers using the powerful eye of the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a previously unknown moon whirling around Uranus, according to NASA. The discovery boosts the number of moons known to ...
Mashable

Webb telescope just peeked at Uranus and got mooned, literally

The James Webb Space Telescope detected a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. DePasquale (STScI) The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a previously unknown moon ...
NBC News

A new moon discovered orbiting Uranus is so small, you could walk it in two hours

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. A team of astronomers announced Tuesday that a new satellite measuring roughly 90 ...
IFLScience

Uranus Is 12.5 Percent Hotter Than We Thought, And Scientists Want A Closer Look

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Forbes

Uranus Is Warmer Then We Thought, NASA Says

Uranus, an ice giant planet and the seventh planet from the sun, may be warmer than previously thought. The third largest planet in the solar system — previously thought to be the coldest despite ...