Uranus, along with Neptune ... However, even the largest oceans will generate only a slight wobble: A moon's rotation might deviate only a few hundred feet as it travels through its orbit.

When you hear the word “retrograde,” chances are visions of headaches, frustrations and roadblocks galore spring to mind. But ...

An enhanced image from the high-powered telescope orbiting in space shows the planet Uranus in stunning new detail. The photo captures the icy blue planet's elusive rings, atmospheric storms ...

The four known satellites of Uranus, which revolve in a ,plane which is nearly perpendicular to that of the ecliptic, appear at their vast distance from us to have diameters varying between 500 ...

The study investigated whether subsurface oceans exist in the icy moons of Uranus by examining the relationship between libration amplitudes (wobbling during rotation) and internal structures.

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. If you’ve never seen the seventh planet, Uranus, here comes one of the easiest chances you’ll get. In the early hours of ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Uranus has always been an intriguing planet for astronomers to study. First discovered ...

Unfortunate timing The first panel of this artist's concept depicts how Uranus's magnetosphere – its protective bubble – was behaving before the 1986 flyby of NASA's Voyager 2. The second panel shows ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from ...