Uranus is difficult to see without the most powerful telescopes, such as the James Webb Space Telescope. As technology has advanced, it has unlocked more secrets of the strange, tilted planet (it ...

First discovered in 1781, Uranus quickly became known for its odd and extremely “off-kilter” tilt. The seventh planet from the Sun has always seemed to march to its own beat, and while it ...

For example, a Uranian year lasts about 84 Earth years. Due to Uranus's wonky tilt, the sun only shines on one pole for a quarter of an entire Uranian year, leading to a very long winter that ...

Uranus' magnetic field acts in a very different way from other planets. Understanding its nature could be key to finding alien life in the future. You can read more about the scientists' findings ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Uranus, the Solar System's oddball, rotates on its side with a 98-degree tilt. Likely caused by an ancient collision, this tilt leads to unique behaviors, including retrograde rotation opposite ...

Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade". Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, ...

(The tilt, orientation, and offset of each orbit is likewise described ... The planetarium distances are those of the actual solar system scaled by 7.2 trillion, excepting Uranus. The first value for ...

Discovered in 1977, the rings were only the second such system to be found after Saturn's. However, unlike Saturn, Uranus and its rings are 'tilted' almost completely sideways, like a spinning top ...

The darker, clearer skies of September mean good viewing conditions for Pisces, Aquarius and other watery autumn constellations as they flow into the evening sky from the east. In addition, ...