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Uranus quiz: Do you know the Tilted Planet?
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This quiz will challenge your knowledge of Uranus's strange rotation, chilly atmosphere, and curious collection of moons.

Scientists find tiny new moon around Uranus with the James Webb Space Telescope (photos, video)
By Brett Tingley published
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun.

Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm, heating up the case for a new planetary mission
By Brett Tingley published
Scientists have found that Uranus emits its own internal heat, contradicting data from NASA's Voyager 2 probe nearly four decades ago.

'Uranus is weird.' Big moons of tilted ice giant hide a magnetic mystery, Hubble telescope reveals
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Scientists find surprising evidence that space dust is shaping the surfaces of Uranus' largest moons.

Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event
By Julian Dossett published
NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation."

A day on Uranus is actually longer than we thought, Hubble Telescope reveals
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
This approach can now be used to determine the rotation rate of any celestial object with a magnetic field and auroras — including exoplanets.

Are there hidden oceans inside the moons of Uranus? Their wobbles could tell us
By Julian Dossett published
Studying how much the Uranian moons sway in orbit may reveal whether or not they have oceans inside of them. NASA is in the early stages of planning a mission to do just that.

Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time
By Julian Dossett published
A new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals a fresh theory about Uranus's unique magnetosphere.
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