While telescopes and the Voyager 2 flyby gave us glimpses of its atmosphere and unusual tilt, many questions remain ...

In a world that can feel overwhelming at the best of times, looking to the heavens can sometimes offer the answers we need.

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Uranus' atmosphere is predominantly made up of hydrogen and helium. Unlike Jupiter and Saturn, these light gases dominate only the outer edges of the planet, but are not a significant contributor ...

The Atmosphere of Uranus. ... Imaging of Uranus from the visible to the radio, in two groups: near the 2007 equinox (top row), and during mid-northern spring (bottom row).

Uranus, however, has a thicker layer of haze due to its slower-moving atmosphere. The scientists also suspect that the middle atmosphere layer is what produces dark spots on each planet.

But thanks to this new research, we now know a little more about this icy giant. According to the research, which assessed Hubble images taken between 2002 and 2022, the main components of Uranus ...

Known as the Uranus Orbiter and Probe, the mission will most likely involve a cone-shaped probe that will dive down into Uranus’s atmosphere, coupled with a kind of satellite that will get ...

But thanks to this new research, we now know a little more about this icy giant. According to the research, which assessed Hubble images take between 2002 and 2022, the main components of Uranus ...

Wind tunnels show what a probe descending into the atmosphere of Uranus or Neptune would probably need to contend with. Such a probe is a high-priority mission for both NASA and ESA.

Uranus’s atmospheric loss is driven by its strange magnetic field, the axis of which points at an angle compared to the axis on which the planet spins.

Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, permeates the upper atmosphere of the planet Uranus – as has been long debated, but never definitively proven. Based […] ...