New images of Uranus show the planet in blue, the upper atmosphere in red, auroras in lighter red spots and rings in white.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has snapped new images of the ...

On March 10, 1977, astronomers discovered rings around Uranus! [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Astronomers ...

Most planets spin like tops around the sun. But one planet in the solar system breaks all the rules. Uranus is the weirdest ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first vertical map of Uranus’s ionosphere, giving scientists a ...

LOS ANGELES — Astronomers aided by the Hubble Space Telescope have spied two more rings encircling Uranus, the first additions to the planet's ring system in nearly two decades. The faint, dusty rings ...

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While it does have somewhat of an awkward name, Uranus has actually been called the boring planet, and at first glance, it does look rather calm and yes, even boring, but underneath its placid blue ...

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A ...