Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought – ...

On April 7, 2025, star HIP 16271 was occulted by Uranus. As a star, it is by no means famous. A yellow-white star in the ...

If human life existed on the planet Uranus, it’s likely the same phenomenon might happen. But now we know that a single day on Uranus is 28 seconds longer than astronomers first calculated in ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, takes approximately 84 Earth years to orbit the sun. Laurent Lamy of the Paris Observatory, the lead author of the study, stated that "The continuous ...

Despite our lack of knowledge, astronomers and researchers continue to look for ways to learn more about these spectacular planets. The latest research, though, suggests that Uranus and Neptune ...

That uncertainty was because giant planets such as Uranus pose unique problems for scientific observers. While Uranus is not technically a gas giant, as it has a solid core, it’s hard to see ...