Nearly 40 years ago, Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe Uranus up-close. Using radio signals from the planet's auroras and magnetic field data collected by the spacecraft ...

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A fresh analysis of a decade's worth of Hubble Space Telescope observations shows Uranus takes 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 ...

Known as the planet of change, innovation, and rebellion, Uranus retrograde challenges us to reflect on our need for freedom ...

They are outshined tonight by Mars, which is magnitude 0.5. The Red Planet is located ... 5:48 A.M. Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous (98%) The post The Sky This Week from April 4 to 11: Catch your last ...

Depending on the cycle — beginning with its new phase, culminating with its ... Thomas says this goes for all outer planets: Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. “Jupiter and Saturn are ...

By analyzing more than a decade of Hubble observations of Uranus' aurorae, researchers have refined the planet's rotation period and established a crucial new reference point for future planetary ...

That long-term tracking provided a more precise rotation period for Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. From that distance, it takes about 84 Earth years for Uranus to orbit the sun.

Uranus just got a little more time on its hands ... This estimate was based on radio signals emitted by the pale turquoise planet's auroras and direct magnetic field measurements.