Scientists have found that a "rare intense wind event" during NASA's Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 may have messed with ...
Scientists have found that previously-known observations about Uranus were misleading. Uranus, the first planet discovered ...
A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, challenging assumptions about its potential for life.
When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists' first—and, so far, only—close glimpse of ...
For the month of November, stargazers will have their best opportunity to gaze upon Uranus, the cool blue ice giant with the punchline of a name. The planet will be closer to Earth and brighter in the ...
Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.
One of Uranus’ moons, Miranda, could have a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface that might even harbor extraterrestrial life ...
A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...
“To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising,” said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...
Miranda is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites and orbits the planet around once every 1.4 Earth ...
New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet Uranus might contain enough natural resources to support alien life.