But a new analysis of the Voyager 2 data showed that Uranus experienced a rare cosmic occurrence just before the flyby. Days before the flyby, an intense solar wind event was released from the sun ...

A rare celestial alignment in April 2025 gave NASA scientists the chance to study Uranus in exceptional detail as it passed ...

A rare alignment with a distant star gave NASA an unprecedented view of Uranus’s atmosphere, rings and mysterious heat.

Getting a probe to the icy giant planets takes some time—a journey to Uranus could take as long as 13 years, even with a ...

In April 2025, a rare stellar occultation provided NASA scientists a unique opportunity to study Uranus' atmosphere, offering ...

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth ...

New research into Uranus and Neptune has revealed some striking information. Much about these two ice giants is still unknown, with missions to explore them more in-depth still in the works.

"Uranus passed in front of a star that is about 400 light years from Earth," said William Saunders, planetary scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center ... analyzing this new atmospheric data ...

The research gives engineers and scientists ... stunning image of the solar system's other ice giant, the planet Uranus. The new image ... Evidence That Saturn's Moon Mimas Is a Stealth Ocean ...

Credit: TIME LIFE PICTURES/NASA/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES Uranus has always been a bit of an oddball in our solar system and a new simulation presented by a group of researchers ...

Artist's illustration showing a distant star going out of sight as it is eclipsed by Uranus — an event known ... scientists at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, used 18 observatories ...