While space harbors plenty of mysteries, it turns out that Uranus' smell isn't one of them. Here's the explanation for why it ...

The probe tried to see which chemicals were in Uranus' clouds during its 1986 flyby, but it couldn't tell scientists for certain. Now, however, astronomers have used an instrument at the Gemini ...

Uranus’ clouds are made up of hydrogen sulphide, meaning they have a very similar smell to rotten eggs. Gross. If we ever manage to travel to the gas planets, you might be in for a bit of a ...

Its atmosphere is the coldest of any planet in our solar system, and contains clouds of methane, hydrogen sulphide and ammonia. It is this methane that gives the planet its distinctive aquamarine ...

An enhanced image from the high-powered telescope orbiting in space shows the planet Uranus in stunning new detail. The photo captures the icy blue planet's elusive rings, atmospheric storms ...

Uranus is undoubtedly the most oddly named planet ... into a vast dynamic region in which stars evolved from clouds of nebulous material,” Linton wrote. “In so doing he became the pioneer ...

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Uranus and Neptune will be visible in the sky at the same time, with tonight’s new moon ...

So our moon has ‘lumps’ and ‘bumps’, then - in planetary order from the sun - Mercury has ‘ridges’ and ‘craters’, Venus has ‘clouds ... there are Uranus, Neptune and more.

The second half of January has featured an alignment of six planets in the night sky which only occurs every 400 years.