On January 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus. This was the first time any spacecraft had ever visited ...

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A ...

After weeks of rumors it might get shut down, Hanford’s decades-in-the-making radioactive waste treatment plant is officially moving forward. The “Direct-Feed Low Activity Waste” facility is now less ...

On January 11, 1787, the English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered two moons at Uranus! Oberon and Titania were the first two Uranian moons ever discovered. The finding came just six years ...

NASA has officially confirmed a new moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29—and the discovery is raising more questions than answers. The tiny moon is only about 10 km wide, which ...