Uranus has 28 known moons, 27 of which are named, primarily after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and ...

Uranus has 27 known moons, which are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. Uranus takes approximately 84 Earth years to complete one orbit around the Sun.

One or two of Uranus ' 27 moons - Ariel and/or Miranda - likely have oceans beneath their icy surfaces and are actively spewing material into the space environment, according to a study by NASA.

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 ...

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have moons astronomers think might be harboring liquid oceans, locked away beneath thick icy shells. Those shells are a big problem for Earth-based ...

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s what you need to know to catch a glimpse.

Another study proposed that Uranus once had a large moon that tugged on the home planet until it wobbled too far out of its upright position. This wayward moon, at least the size of Uranus ...

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 ...