http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/uranus/ Uranus News. See images of the bright blue ring discovered around Uranus. Read science articles on the planet Uranus and more. en-us Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:05:02 EST Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:05:02 EST 60 http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/logosmall.gif http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/uranus/ For more science articles, visit ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111213144717.htm In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was hit by lightning a record seventh time and two NASA space probes destined to turn planetary science on its head launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The identical spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, were launched in the summer and programmed to pass by Jupiter and Saturn on different paths. Voyager 2 went on to visit Uranus and Neptune, completing the "Grand Tour of the Solar System," perhaps the most exciting interplanetary mission ever flown. Scientists who designed and built identical instruments for Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were as stunned as anyone when the spacecraft began sending back data to Earth. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:47:47 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111213144717.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111110142102.htm Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to a new article. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:21:21 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111110142102.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111006084235.htm Uranus' highly tilted axis makes it something of an oddball in our solar system. The accepted wisdom is that Uranus was knocked on its side by a single large impact, but new research rewrites our theories of how Uranus became so tilted and also solves fresh mysteries about the position and orbits of its moons. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:42:42 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111006084235.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145114.htm Usually, running five minutes late is a bad thing since you might lose your dinner reservation or miss out on tickets to the latest show. But when a planet runs five minutes late, astronomers get excited because it suggests that another world is nearby. NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted a planet that alternately runs late and early in its orbit because a second, "invisible" world is tugging on it. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:51:51 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145114.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712174540.htm Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. To commemorate the event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken these "anniversary pictures" of the blue-green giant planet. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:45:45 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110712174540.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630091826.htm By tracking atmospheric features on Neptune, a planetary scientist has accurately determined the planet's rotation, a feat that had not been previously achieved for any of the gas planets in our solar system except Jupiter. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:18:18 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630091826.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615080207.htm A new scenario describing a key step in the formation of the solar system has been proposed by a French-American collaboration. According to this model, Jupiter migrated towards the Sun to the position where Mars is today before beginning its outward migration to its current location, much further away. This is how the researchers explain the formation of the asteroid belt as well as the size difference between the terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars). The scientists are now seeking to include in this scenario Uranus and Neptune, which are the most distant planets in the solar system. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:02:02 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615080207.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428200820.htm More than 30 years after they left Earth, NASA's twin Voyager probes are now at the edge of the solar system. Not only that, they're still working. And with each passing day they are beaming back a message that, to scientists, is both unsettling and thrilling. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:08:08 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428200820.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100507160545.htm Engineers have shifted NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft into a mode that transmits only spacecraft health and status data while they diagnose an unexpected change in the pattern of returning data. Preliminary engineering data received on May 1 show the spacecraft is basically healthy, and that the source of the issue is the flight data system, which is responsible for formatting the data to send back to Earth. The change in the data return pattern has prevented mission managers from decoding science data. Fri, 07 May 2010 16:05:05 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100507160545.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923181112.htm The deep interior of Neptune, Uranus and Earth may contain some solid ice. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:11:11 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923181112.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703125429.htm Scientists using data from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft have observed the bubble of solar wind surrounding the solar system is not round, but has a squashed shape, according to recent data published as part of a series of papers in this week's (July 3) Nature. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:54:54 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703125429.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071211232758.htm The planets in our solar system weren't always in the order they are today. Four billion years ago, early in the solar system's evolution, Uranus and Neptune switched places, according to new work by a Arizona State University researcher, who based this conclusion on calculations of the surface density of the solar nebula. The solar nebula is the disk of gas and dust out of which all of the planets formed. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:27:27 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071211232758.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070823141039.htm An edge-on view of Uranus' rings, possible only once every 42 years, shows that the dust distribution has changed significantly since Voyager 2 took photos in 1986. Keck and Hubble observations show the inner rings more clearly as the bright outer rings dim, and may discover new moons that shepherd the ring debris. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:10:10 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070823141039.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070716133526.htm A new study finds that diamonds probably don't crystallize in the atmospheres of planets such as Uranus and Neptune. The conclusion is contrary to recent speculation that small diamonds would spontaneously form in carbon rich layers of the gas giant planets. White dwarf stars, according to the study, are veritable diamond factories. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:35:35 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070716133526.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070619125647.htm The world is abuzz with the discovery of an extrasolar, Earthlike planet around the star Gliese 581 that is relatively close to our Earth at 20 light years away in the constellation Libra. Scientists have worked on computer models that can provide hints to what comprises the atmosphere of such planets and better-known celestial bodies in our own solar system. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:56:56 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070619125647.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070527182019.htm Astronomers have made the first ever observation of one of the satellites of the planet Uranus passing in front of another. The observation was made on the night of 4th May using the robotic Faulkes Telescope South at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia. Sun, 27 May 2007 18:20:20 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070527182019.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070516151053.htm A team of European astronomers has measured the transit of a Neptune-sized planet around another star. For the first time, the size and density of such a small extra-solar planet has been measured, showing that this planet is made up mainly of water. Wed, 16 May 2007 15:10:10 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070516151053.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061001211630.htm Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States. Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:16:16 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061001211630.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060901190042.htm A new Hubble Space Telescope image shows a never-before-seen astronomical alignment of a moon traversing the face of Uranus, and its accompanying shadow. The white dot near the center of Uranus' blue-green disk is the icy moon Ariel. Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060901190042.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060406231332.htm The outermost ring of the planet Uranus turns out to have a bright blue color, according to a report in the April 7 issue of the journal Science. That makes it only the second blue ring to be found in the solar system. The first circles the planet Saturn. Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:13:13 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060406231332.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051223085800.htm NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed a new pair of rings around Uranus and two new, small moons orbiting the planet. The largest ring is twice the diameter of the planet's previously known rings. The rings are so far from the planet, they are being called Uranus's "second ring system." One of the new moons shares its orbit with one of the rings. Analysis of the Hubble data also reveals the orbits of Uranus's family of inner moons have changed significantly over the past decade. Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:58:58 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051223085800.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041219182712.htm Although rings around planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are relatively short-lived, new evidence implies that the recycling of orbiting debris can lengthen the lifetime of such rings, according to University of Colorado researchers. Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:27:27 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041219182712.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041114234904.htm As summer draws to a close in the southern hemisphere of Uranus, storm clouds are brewing in the upper atmosphere, northern hemisphere winds are gusting to 250 miles per hour, and the planet's rings are getting brighter every day. Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:49:49 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041114234904.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031209075820.htm Although rings around planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are relatively short-lived, new evidence implies that the recycling of orbiting debris can lengthen the lifetime of such rings, according to University of Colorado researchers. Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:58:58 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031209075820.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030926070625.htm Astronomers have discovered two of the smallest moons yet found around Uranus. The new moons, uncovered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, are about 8 to 10 miles across (12 to 16 km) — about the size of San Francisco. Fri, 26 Sep 2003 07:06:06 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030926070625.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/12/021202072553.htm An accepted assumption in astrophysics holds that it takes more than 1 million years for gas giant planets such as Jupiter and Saturn to form from the cosmic debris circling a young star. But new research suggests such planets form in a dramatically shorter period, as little as a few hundred years. Mon, 02 Dec 2002 07:25:25 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/12/021202072553.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/08/020819065638.htm A quarter-century after NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft departed Earth to visit outer planets, the historic mission is flying a race against time. Mon, 19 Aug 2002 06:56:56 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/08/020819065638.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/11/001101065022.htm An international team of eight "satellite hunters," astronomers who pluck tiny specks of light out of the distant solar system, has discovered four new outer moons of Saturn orbiting at least 15 million kilometers (more than 9 million miles) from the surface of the giant planet. The discovery gives Saturn a total of 22 known moons, surpassing the 21 orbiting Uranus. Wed, 01 Nov 2000 06:50:50 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/11/001101065022.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990401061747.htm If springtime on Earth were anything like it will be on Uranus, we would be experiencing waves of massive storms, each one covering the country from Kansas to New York, with temperatures of 300 degrees below zero. Thu, 01 Apr 1999 06:17:17 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990401061747.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/11/971101095629.htm A team of astronomers has discovered two distant moons orbiting around the planet Uranus. Sat, 01 Nov 1997 09:56:56 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/11/971101095629.htm