Uranus, Jupiter and Mars as they make their way through the night sky. A bright moon lights up the desert beneath the planets and stars in the sky, while comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is just visible ...

Artist's illustration showing a distant star going out of sight as it is eclipsed by Uranus — an event known as a planetary stellar occultation. | Credit: NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory NASA ...

On April 7, Uranus passed in front of a distant star located 400 light-years away, giving NASA scientists a rare cosmic alignment in which to investigate the distant ice giant. During the hour ...

The planet Uranus takes about 84 Earth years (or 30,688 ... Comets are icy objects, which orbit the sun at very large distances. Halley's Comet is a very famous comet that was first recorded ...

A rare alignment with a distant star gave NASA an unprecedented view of Uranus’s atmosphere, rings and mysterious heat. Scottish journalist and lifelong sports fan who grew up in Edinburgh ...

Farewell shot of crescent Uranus as Voyager 2 departs, as depicted by Voyager 2 spacecraft. Credit: TIME LIFE PICTURES/NASA/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES Uranus has always been a bit of ...

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation." This rare event ...