Cold, dark and windswept - despite its calm appearance, the ice giant Uranus is a planet of extremes. Orbiting the Sun at an average distance of 2.9 billion kilometres - more than 19 times further out ...

Within our Solar System, an oddity exists. Caught in the vicinity between Saturn and Uranus, it at times swings closer to the former and at other times the latter. This comet's peculiarity lies in ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Uranus and Neptune are the furthest planets from the Sun. They are known as the Ice ... Solar System – A group of objects orbiting around a star. Planet – A large, spherical object orbiting ...

An enhanced image from the high-powered telescope orbiting in space shows the ... polar cap becomes "more prominent" when Uranus tilts toward the sun as part of its 21-year-long winter.

The seventh planet from the sun continues to surprise us. Just last year, astronomers in Chile discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus that's only 5 miles (8 km) wide.

By the time March gets underway, Mercury, Saturn and Neptune will have drifted too close to the sun to be readily visible with Venus not far behind, leaving Jupiter, Mars and Uranus to populate ...