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Uranus is the strangest planet in the solar system when it comes to rotation, spinning almost completely on its side. Scientists believe something massive happened early in its history, possibly a ...

Uranus has 29 moons orbiting it. The first two moons Herschel spotted in 1787 were Oberon and Titania, and they are Uranus's largest moons. There is another Uranus moon that the James Webb Space ...

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 ...

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A ...

Get ready to explore one of the most unusual planets in our solar system — Uranus, the tilted ice giant that spins on its side and keeps scientists guessing. Add in a lopsided magnetic field and faint ...

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HOUSTON — A new study led by University of Houston researchers suggests that Uranus emits its own internal heat. This groundbreaking discovery not only deepens scientific understanding of the ice ...