According to a new study led by author Patrick Irwin of Oxford University in England, Uranus' upper atmosphere is composed largely of a layer of thick gasses which smells like fart or rotten eggs.

An enhanced image from the high-powered telescope orbiting in space shows the planet Uranus in stunning new detail. The photo captures the icy blue planet's elusive rings, atmospheric storms ...

New observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that an icy moon around Uranus may have an underground liquid ocean. Ariel is one of 27 moons around Uranus, the seventh planet from the ...

Observations from Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, and other telescopes reveal that excess haze on Uranus makes it paler than Neptune Astronomers may now understand why the similar ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from ...