The proposed mission, known as Uranus Orbiter and Probe (UOP), would conduct a multiyear orbital tour to yield knowledge of ...

Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA’s Voyager mission completed humankind’s first close-up exploration of the four giant outer ...

On Greenland’s ice sheet, signs of giant viruses have been detected, and they could help reduce some of the effects […] ...

They are extrasolar gas giants which are the size of Neptune or larger. Unfortunately, such gas giant planets are hardly harbingers of life as we know it. But they are a necessary stop on the long ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been imaging the outer planets of our solar system for a decade, learning about their strange ...

Studying how much the Uranian moons sway in orbit may reveal whether or not they have oceans inside of them. NASA is in the ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, is famous for its stunning rings and massive size. This gas giant has dozens of moons ...

The communications lag between Earth and Jupiter means missions to Europa will need to be smart to deal with problems on ...

Deep in the Canadian Arctic, scientists and entrepreneurs brave sub-zero temperatures, whipping winds and snowstorms to drill holes through the sea ice to pump out the seawater below and freeze it on ...

These evenings, when it is clear, there is (what appears to be) a fairly bright yellow "star" in the southern sky. It is not ...

Scientists have revealed new insights into the structure and composition of Uranus, challenging long standing assumptions about the seventh planet from the Sun. Although the third largest planet in ...

We need to probe Uranus... this is at least according to boffins who believe the planet needs to become a major exploration ...