Uranus, blue-green in color due to the methane contained in an atmosphere comprised mostly of hydrogen and helium ...

Model simulations offer insights into the fundamental properties of the solar magnetic field. New studies suggest that the Sun, like Earth, has polar vortices influenced by its magnetic environment. U ...

Like the Earth, the sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research led by the U.S. National Science ...

Experts say they now know even less about a typical day on Uranus, and need a second spacecraft to visit the planet in order to find out more.

Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space weather just before the craft arrived has given us a misleading idea about the planet’s magnetic fi ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu are helping scientists uncover secrets about how the outer regions of our solar system ...

Therefore, the image of Jupiter circulating on social media was a real photograph taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft, but was modified to enhance its colors and contrast, as encouraged by NASA.

Despite its relative weakness, researchers believe it was sufficient to affect the formation of bodies at distances more than seven times the Earth-Sun distance. That includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ...

This was Juno’s 66th perijove. Each one of these close flybys has added a wealth of knowledge to our understanding of Jupiter ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...