When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Ariel, Uranus' second-closest moon, shows bright, fractured terrain that may have formed above a ...

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth. While it is comparatively ...

They’re running rings around Uranus. New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien life. Scientists from Johns Hopkins ...