Uranus' highly tilted axis makes it something of an oddball in our solar system. The accepted wisdom is that Uranus was knocked on its side by a single large impact, but new research rewrites our ...

Far from the Sun, Uranus sits tipped on its side, carrying a magnetic system unlike any other planet’s. Its equator tilts ...

The James Webb Space Telescope spends much of its time peering out into distant regions of space searching for some of the earliest galaxies to exist, but it also occasionally turns its sights onto ...

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Astronomers have caught the first views of auroras on the planet Uranus from a telescope near Earth, revealing tantalizing views of the tilted giant planet's hard-to-catch light shows. The Uranus ...

What was the most astonishing scientific announcement of all time? In terms of sheer visceral impact, it was probably the discovery of Uranus in 1781. Hold on. Uranus? Astounding? Today, the giant ...

A recent study in Japan finally explained the purpose behind Uranus' mysterious traits, including its tilt and the ring system. Scientists suggest that Uranus' axis of rotation and the unusual ...

One of the great mysteries of our Solar System is why Uranus is tilted on its side. Surely, if the solar system formed from the same rotating cloud of dust and gas, then all the bodies within it ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The planet Uranus just keeps getting weirder. The icy gas world that strangely orbits the sun on ...