Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how vivid auroras surge through Uranus’s tilted magnetic field ...

A half hour after sunset (which happens around 5:40pm in late February), if clouds cooperate, gaze off to the east and you’ll see a very bright planet low in the sky. That’s Jupiter.

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Forty years ago, Voyager 2 flew past Uranus and observed radiation levels that defied explanation. Now, scientists may ...

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how ...

Six planets will line up in the evening sky at the end of February, offering a rare “planetary parade” visible to most skywatchers if clouds cooperate.

However, there’s a lot more going on above our heads that will bring a smile to your face. That is, a planetary parade of sorts. A half-hour after sunset, which happens around 5:40 p.m. in late ...

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. The moon, known as S/2025 U1, is just 6 miles (10 kilometers) ...

What can rocky planets orbiting in the outer parts of a solar system teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study | Space ...

Astronomers have long called Uranus and Neptune the "ice giants" because models suggested that these outer planets' interiors are largely made of mixtures of water, ammonia and other ices — compounds ...