William Saunders, planetary scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, revealed that Uranus occulted a star lying about 400 ...

A rare one-hour occultation in April 2025 let NASA and global scientists uncover new secrets about Uranus’ atmosphere, rings, ...

The scientists also observed that ice and gas giants like Uranus may be natural laboratories for learning about atmospheres. This absence of solid ground means that cloud formation, storm development, ...

"There’s a high probability that if you want to think about the most hospitable place where you want life to be outside the ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

NASA had a rare opportunity to study Uranus’ atmosphere and rings when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, ...

The asteroid has been compared to a lumpy bowling pin by space-watchers, with NASA describing it as looking like two ice ...