Most planets spin like tops around the sun. But one planet in the solar system breaks all the rules. Uranus is the weirdest ...

This makes calculating the length of a Uranian day hard enough, but it's further complicated by Uranus being tilted at 98 degrees on its axis, so it's essentially rolling on its side, with the poles ...

MIT researchers have outlined how SpaceX’s Starship rocket, refueled in Earth orbit, could cut the travel time for NASA’s planned Uranus mission roughly in half. The baseline design for the Uranus ...

The solar system's oddball planet has some pretty odd moons, too. The first infrared spectra of Uranus's small inner moons, which will be presented on 18 December at the 2025 AGU Annual Meeting in New ...

When solar wind disturbances hit a planet’s magnetic field, they can trigger powerful electromagnetic waves called chorus waves. These waves act like a cosmic accelerator. They repeatedly “kick” ...

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Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the planet 38 years ago. Opinion: Uranus was having a bad hair day. Hey, it was ...

This article was originally published at Eos. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The solar system's oddball planet has some pretty odd moons, too.