Uranus, the third-largest planet in our solar system, is sometimes visible with the unaided eye. Credit: Creators.com illustration How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine? Eight? Twelve?

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech For sure, it was a far-reaching recommendation: The planet Uranus and ...

A flyby of Uranus in 1986 is where we gathered much of our knowledge about the distant ice giant, but new research has found that this may not have been a standard representation of the planet's ...

Amateur astronomers asked to watch giant storm on distant planet. Nov. 2, 2011 — -- Something strange is happening on the planet Uranus. A fuzzy white spot has appeared on its frigid blue cloud ...

New observations have revealed that we were wrong about the length of a day on Uranus. According to the most precise measurements yet of the stinky planet's rotation rate, a full day on Uranus lasts ...

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 ...

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 ...

Uranus, often referred to as the planet of cosmic rebellion, challenges traditional norms to forge new pathways. As a generational planet, it moves more slowly than the personal planets, taking ...

All four of the sun’s giant planets emit more energy than they receive from the sun Uranus emits more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies report — a discovery that contradicts findings ...

"Every component of that system has features that violate some of our ideas about how planets work." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...