In Depth | Uranus – NASA Solar System Exploration
Uranus is one of two ice giants in the outer solar system (the other is Neptune). Most (80% or more) of the planet's mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of "icy" materials – water, methane, and ammonia – above a small rocky core.
10 Need-to-Know Things About Uranus - NASA Solar System …
Uranus is an ice giant. Most of its mass is a hot, dense fluid of "icy" materials – water, methane and ammonia – above a small rocky core.
Uranus By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration
Jan 9, 2025 · Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and the third largest planet in our solar system. It appears to spin sideways.
Planet Compare – NASA Solar System Exploration
Jan 9, 2025 · NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
1986: Voyager at Uranus - NASA Solar System Exploration
Dec 14, 2012 · Much of what we know about our solar system's seventh planet comes from Voyager 2's historic flyby on Jan. 24, 1986. The spacecraft returned a wealth of information about the ice giant. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within 50,600 miles (81,500 km) of Uranus's cloud ...
In Depth | Uranus Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
All of Uranus's inner moons (those observed by Voyager 2) appear to be roughly half water ice and half rock. The composition of the moons outside the orbit of Oberon remains unknown, but they are likely captured asteroids.
Gravity Assist: Ice Giants (Uranus & Neptune) with Amy Simon
Jan 17, 2018 · Beyond Saturn are two of the most misunderstood and bizarre planets in our solar system—the “ice giants” Uranus and Neptune. Did you know that Uranus has rings and appears to spin on its side?
In Depth - NASA Solar System Exploration
Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
In Depth - NASA Solar System Exploration
Neptune is one of two ice giants in the outer solar system (the other is Uranus). Most (80% or more) of the planet's mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of "icy" materials – water, methane, and ammonia – above a small, rocky core.
Fifteenth Anniversary of Voyager 2 Flyby of Uranus in 1986
Jan 29, 2001 · The first unmanned space probe flyby in history of the planet Uranus by Voyager 2 on January 24, 1986 should have been an exciting one in the history of planetary exploration.