Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from ...

The new findings suggest that the planet and its moons could be geologically active after all and, combined with other recent discoveries, may also have oceans. • Uranus was the first planet ...

Two of Uranus’ moons may be home to active oceans hidden ... as the readings we have to look at are all 40 years old at this point. However, with scientists calling for new missions to Uranus ...

The hidden moons were discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune ... the discovery of new moons that we didn’t know about isn’t all that surprising. It’s actually very common in modern astronomy ...

The planet Uranus, photographed by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986. The planet and its moons are expected to be the target of NASA’s next major mission to the outer solar system.

Ariel, Uranus’s fourth largest moon, is thought to be made of equal parts rock and ice. A new computer model developed at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics could be used to detect ...

Saturn has surpassed Jupiter, which has 95 known moons, with the new sightings. Uranus (28), and Neptune (16) are still ...