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MSN · Nov 1, 2024

Small moon of Uranus may have once had a subsurface liquid water ocean

"We're squeezing the last bit of science we can from Voyager 2's images. For now, we're excited by the possibilities and eager to return to study Uranus and its potential ocean moons in depth."

EurekAlert! · Nov 25, 2024

Uranus's moon Ariel (IMAGE)

Ariel, Uranus’s fourth largest moon, is thought to be made of equal parts rock and ice. A new computer model developed at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics could be used to detect ...

MSN · Oct 29, 2024

Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface, study finds

"We're squeezing the last bit of science we can from Voyager 2's images. For now, we're excited by the possibilities and eager to return to study Uranus and its potential ocean moons in depth."

EurekAlert! · Sep 18, 2021

Orientation of Uranus' Rings (IMAGE)

Uranus' moons and rings are also orientated this way, suggesting they formed during a cataclysmic impact which tipped it over early in its history.

NASA Takes Advantage of Planetary Alignment to Take a Peek at Uranus

A stellar occultation this month gave scientists an opportunity to scrutinize the seventh planet from the Sun.

Indiatimes · 26d

10 weirdest Moons in the solar system

Miranda, the deformed and most undersized of Uranus' large moons, features a patchwork of ... perhaps due to ancient impacts. (image courtesy: NASA)

DNA India · 12d

NASA shares 7 unseen images of Uranus

This animated GIF illustrates Uranus' magnetic field, with the yellow arrow pointing toward the Sun, the light blue arrow indicating the planet’s magnetic axis, and the dark blue arrow showing its rotation axis.

Space.com · 28d

A day on Uranus is actually longer than we thought, Hubble Telescope reveals

Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope — Spiral starburst galaxy glows in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image

Mashable India · 6d

NASA Peeks Into Uranus's Atmosphere As It Blocks A Star 400 Light-Years Away

William Saunders, planetary scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, revealed that Uranus occulted a star lying about 400 light-years away and the event lasted an hour. The rare occultation brought together over 30 astronomers who used 18 professional observatories for observations.

Science Daily · Jan 4, 2024

Uranus News

the planet Uranus. The new image ... Evidence That Saturn's Moon Mimas Is a Stealth Ocean World Jan. 31, 2023 — When a scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest ...

Your May Astrology Forecast

The astrology forecast for May 2025 brings two important cazimis, the annual Flower Moon, and a major move for Saturn, according to astrologer Nina Kahn.

THE WEEK · Jan 5, 2024

New images reveal Neptune and Uranus in different colours than originally thought

The perception of Neptune as much darker and bluer than Uranus was "cemented" when pictures were sent back by the Voyager 2 probe after it flew by the two planets in 1986 and 1989, said The Times.

Phys.org · Apr 3, 2025

Studying Uranian moons using passive radar sounding

Passive radar sounding using Uranus' natural radio emissions, known as Uranian Kilometric Radio (UKR), could help study its five largest moons—Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon—for ...

A Long-Held Assumption About Uranus Just Got Upended

This image of Uranus’ aurorae was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 10 October 2022. Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Lamy, L. Sromovsky Decades of data collected by the Hubble Space ...

Scientific American · 25d

A Day on Uranus Is Longer Than We Thought, Hubble Telescope Reveals

This visual shows three sequential images from the Hubble Space Telescope tracking the dynamic auroral activity of Uranus. The images were captured in October 2022 on the 8th, 10, and 24th respectively. The updated estimate of Uranus' rotation period has ...