It’s been a big year for Uranus. We’ve learned quite a bit about the planet thanks to new research efforts aimed at explaining why it behaves dramatically different when compared to the other planets ...

Assuming you’ve accepted Pluto’s demotion, Uranus and Neptune are the two planets in our Solar System farthest from Earth. That distance means humanity is still learning a lot about them. Some of ...

Scientists have predicted that there could be large planets the size of Jupiter or Uranus likely trapped at the edge of our solar system, much farther than the hypothetical planet X. Such a planet ...

Uranus is another matter entirely. About 63 times the size of Earth, the planet is only slightly denser than water. That's because it's a gas giant composed mainly of hydrogen and helium with ices of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The planet Uranus was given its tilt after being hit in a "cataclysmic collision" by a massive object roughly twice the size of ...

A young Uranus was hit by a large object about twice the size of Earth in the early days of the solar system, findings of a new study have revealed. The collision could also help explain the planet's ...

Sky-gazers will have a good chance of seeing the icy planet Uranus from just 1.7 billion miles away Thursday night — without the help of a telescope. Uranus is making a close approach to our planet, ...

A team of scientists explains Uranus' lopsided angle, its freezing temperatures, and irregular magnetic fields. Durham University researchers ran detailed computer simulations to explain Uranus' ...

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