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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

But it also seems that Uranus and its orbiting moons were inactive ... being squashed and pushed away from the Sun. Usually, a planet’s magnetic field traps any gases and other material coming ...

It’s about to be a revolution, so expect the unexpected! On Jan. 13, the sun in Capricorn will meet with Uranus retrograde in Taurus in an exhilarating trine, which could shake things up in a ...