Webb Just Spent 17 Hours Staring at Uranus—and Found Its Auroras Are Even Weirder Than We Thought
On January 19, the Webb space telescope stared deep into the chaotic world of Uranus for 17 hours,…
PHD student built the first-ever 3D map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere
Uranus does not behave like an ordinary planet. Its magnetic field tilts by nearly 60 degrees and sits…
Scientists create first-ever 3D map of Uranus’ upper atmosphere
A research team has successfully created the first-ever three-dimensional map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere. This reveals how the…
Superionic form of water may power planetary magnetic fields
Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When…
Voyager 2 Caught Uranus on a Bad Weather Day in 1986, Study Finds
When Voyager 2 made its historic flyby of Uranus in 1986, the spacecraft captured the best data humanity…
How one image taken from 3.7 billion miles away proved Earth is a speck in space
Voyager 1’s photographs included Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. According to NASA’s website, ‘Mars was obscured by…
Everything to Know About Supermoon Season
Is empathy a lost art? The final two full moons of the year might have something to say…
Not gold, but diamond rainstorms! Meet the richest planets of the solar system
Diamond rain falls on ice giants Uranus and Neptune, where intense pressure and heat transform methane into crystallizing…
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
Episode description: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth…
Think Voyager was alone? Humanity has sent more missions to the outer solar system than you think!
The outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, have long fascinated astronomers and the public alike. These gas…
Uranus Has a Tiny New Moon and It’s Only Six Miles Wide
James Webb has revealed Uranus’ smallest moon yet, a six-mile-wide world hidden near its inner rings. This discovery…
Webb discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists discover a new moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total…