The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...

It must have cleared all other celestial bodies, except its own moons, from its orbit.

"The Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 revealed an unusually oblique and off-centred magnetic field," the researchers wrote.

Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...

Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have one? – Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to ...

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Voyager 2's visit to Uranus may have left us with the complete wrong impression of the ice giant for nearly 40 years, ...

Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.

Experts from University College London say that the mysteries surrounding Uranus may have been the result of a powerful solar ...