What methods can be used to identify subsurface oceans on the five largest moons of Uranus: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and ...

Learn about the unexpected discovery that has shaped new perspectives on Uranus' moons and their brightness.

A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost step toward unlocking the secrets of the outer planets, all ...

A new gas giant world discovered by citizen scientists using data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is cool, ...

Uranus has 28 confirmed moons, including five major moons. The closest of these large satellites is Miranda, followed by Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon — all named after characters from ...

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

Over the years, the Voyager probes flew by the solar system’s most distant four planets at a rate of 35,000 miles per hour, sending back detailed views of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter than the other — but not the side they were expecting.

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a big space stock IPO, Korea’s plan to dominate the world of robots, ...

According to Shindell, scientists still rely on the insights gained from these missions. The probes provided "the best data" for understanding the outer planets, and regarding Uranus and Neptune, he ...