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Space.com on MSN.com · 8d

Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation."
Icon for www.eurekalert.orgEurekAlert! · 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.
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.
Icon for www.nhm.ac.ukNatural History Museum%2c London · Dec 24, 2023

Planet Uranus

The image also shows the faint ring system that surrounds the planet. Discovered in 1977, the rings were only the second such system to be found after Saturn's. However, unlike Saturn, Uranus and its rings are 'tilted' almost completely sideways ...
Gadgets 360 · 6d

NASA Observes Rare Uranus Occultation, Unveiling New Atmospheric and Ring Details

The scientists also observed that ice and gas giants like Uranus may be natural laboratories for learning about atmospheres. This absence of solid ground means that cloud formation, storm development, and connections between wind patterns are all part of a unified system— a kind of warm, wet, swirling ocean of air that we call the atmosphere.
Gizmodo · 12d

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.
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.
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Aug 22, 2024

Uranus Was Discovered In 1781, And It Was Completely By Accident

The closest that humans have come to Uranus was in 1986. The Voyager 2 spacecraft made it within 50,600 miles of the planet's cloud tops and gathered many images and data on its rings, moons ...
Phys.org on MSN.com · 13d

Planetary alignment provides NASA rare opportunity to study Uranus

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an opportunity for NASA to improve its understanding of that planet's atmosphere and rings.
Icon for www.iflscience.comIFLScience · 12d

Rare Alignment Gives NASA A Chance To Peer Into Uranus

Others will use the data to measure Uranus’ rings, its atmospheric turbulence, and its precise orbit around the Sun.” It might be surprising to know that there is a large uncertainty in the ...
Icon for www.sciencedaily.comScience Daily · Jan 4, 2024

Uranus News

New Images Reveal What Neptune and Uranus ... Webb captured this dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, and ... Uranus Aurora Discovery Offers Clues to Habitable Icy Worlds Oct. 26, 2023 ...
Icon for phys.orgPhys.org · 28d

Hubble helps determine Uranus' rotation rate with unprecedented precision

The images were captured in October 2022 on the 8th, 10, and 24th respectively. Each image shows a centered planet with a strong blue hue and a visible white region. A faint ring is also visible ...