New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien ...

The reasons for this unique ring makeup are still unknown: Uranus' rings could have come from asteroids that fell into orbit around Uranus, the remnants of moons that crashed into each other or ...

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

Why does the Earth spin? Sara H., age 5, New Paltz, New York A globe was the first thing I ever bought with my own money.

Pocock, who has worked on the JWST, catalogues the science behind its most stunning images in her new book, Webb's Universe. Here's her pick of the telescope’s best shots ...

The closest one to the sun is Mercury, then it’s Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ... beautiful rings which extend out about 280,000 km from the planet, the rings have an average ...

One of the highlights to be found in this month’s Colorado sky is the golden-hued planet Saturn which can be seen forming an ...

When it came to discovering Neptune, scientists didn’t need to see to believe. The eighth planet in our solar system was ...

Stargazers strike ‘bull’s eyes' this week as the night sky takes on a distinctly bovine theme. Let me explain. If the skies are clear where you are early this week take some time to look ...