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Uranus is a very cold and windy planet. It is surrounded by faint rings, and more than two dozen small moons as it rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit. This unique tilt makes Uranus appear to spin on its side.
NASA’s Webb Scores Another Ringed World With New Image of Uranus
Apr 6, 2023 · Following in the footsteps of the Neptune image released in 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the solar system’s other ice giant, the planet Uranus. The new image features dramatic rings as well as bright features in …
NASA’s 38-Year-Old Voyager 2 Data Finally Solves Uranus’s …
17 hours ago · Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Now, new research analyzing data from that 38-year-old flyby has shed light on this mystery, revealing it was likely due to a cosmic coincidence. Just days before Voyager 2’s flyby, an unusual space weather event compressed Uranus’s magnetosphere, dramatically altering the planet’s magnetic field and creating the ...
Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus …
3 days ago · New research using data from the mission shows a solar wind event took place during the flyby, leading to a mystery about the planet’s magnetosphere that now may be solved. NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered ...
NASA’s Webb Rings in Holidays With Ringed Planet Uranus
Dec 18, 2023 · NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that spins on its side. Webb captured this dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, and other atmospheric features – including a seasonal polar cap.
NASA’s Hubble, New Horizons Team Up for a Simultaneous Look at Uranus
Oct 9, 2024 · NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different viewpoints. The results inform future …
Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus …
3 days ago · NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has offered answers. ... The findings could be good news for those five major moons of Uranus: Some of them might be geologically active after all. With an explanation for the temporarily ...
See the James Webb Telescope's Stunning New Image of Uranus …
Dec 20, 2023 · NASA calls Uranus an “exoplanet in our backyard,” because the ice giant can serve as a proxy for understanding the nearly 2,000 similarly sized exoplanets that astronomers have discovered.
See Uranus’ rings in stunning new image from the Webb telescope
Apr 8, 2023 · CNN — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new stunning image of ice giant Uranus, with almost all its faint dusty rings on display.
Uranus’ mysterious features on display in new Webb image
Dec 19, 2023 · CNN — The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a glowing new portrait of Uranus that showcases the ice giant’s typically hidden rings, moons, weather and atmosphere — features that were nowhere...