The planet's upper atmosphere has been mapped for the first time, revealing one of the solar system's most enigmatic members.
The telescope observed the ice giant for a full rotation, revealing how temperature and charged particles vary with altitude.
The results offer a new window into how ice‑giants distribute energy in their upper layers. The post Scientists take new ...
A new 3D map of Uranus is shedding light on one of the solar system's most mysterious planets.
Webb has delivered the first detailed 3D view of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering glowing auroras, heat peaks thousands of kilometers high, and the powerful influence of its tilted magnetic field ...
The James Webb Space Telescope recently spent 17 hours observing the mysterious world of Uranus, studying how faint molecular ...
The breakthrough was made by an international team of astronomers using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, which ...
An international team of astronomers has successfully mapped the vertical structure of Uranus's upper atmosphere using the James Webb Space Telescope.
The other discovery is the cooling of the atmosphere. Combining the observations from JWST with measurements from Voyager 2, ...
The Voyager 2 probe is the only satellite to visit the cyan-colored celestial body, known as the "sideways planet" for its extreme axial tilt. In January 1986, it was able to get within 50,000 miles ...
Northumbria University PhD student Paola Titanti has led an international team of astronomers in creating the first-ever ...