Getting a probe to the icy giant planets takes some time—a journey to Uranus could take as long as 13 years, even with a gravity assist from Jupiter. However, several ideas are in the works to speed ...

"Rings are mostly made of ice and small rocks," said William Saunders, a planetary scientist at NASA's Langley Research ...

In April 2025, a rare stellar occultation provided NASA scientists a unique opportunity to study Uranus' atmosphere, offering ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the ...

By observing the light from a distant star as it passed behind Uranus, researchers gathered valuable data about the planet's atmospheric composition, climate, and ring system. Source: NASA In ...

"How planets are born is an unsolved area of research," astrophysicist Daniel Price of Australia's Monash University told ...

So which planets in our solar system have rings? All four giant planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — sport these ...

Indeed, other planets, dwarf planets and moons in our solar system do have seasonal cycles — and they can look wildly different from the ones we experience on Earth, experts told Live Science.

NASA believes that the month of May brings visibility to four planets, a new star from a nova, a chance of meteor showers and ...