Voyager 2’s visit to Uranus in 1986 occurred just after the planet was slammed by an exceptionally powerful solar outburst.

New research suggests that just before Voyager 2 arrived, Uranus was hit by a rare blast of solar wind from the Sun that ...

Unlike any other planet in the solar system, Uranus appeared to be sterile, as did its moons. Now, nearly 40 years later, ...

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

This means that scientists believed in nearly four decades that the planet Uranus and its five largest moons were dead worlds ...

A solar wind event days before the NASA probe flyby in 1986 may have compressed the planet’s magnetosphere, making it look odder than it usually is.

The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long thought. Instead, ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, challenging assumptions about its potential for life.

Horns high and defiance nigh, the last supermoon of the year rises this week. On Friday, November 15th, the full beaver moon ...

When Voyager 2 flew past the ice giant 38 years ago, it revealed a magnetosphere warped by solar winds, a finding uncovered through recent analysis of archival data.

The resulting pictures revealed a smattering of different geological features on its surface, including grooved terrain, rough scarps, and cratered areas. You may like Some of Uranus' moons might ...