Whoa, Uranus Looks Totally Messed Up Right Now
The appearance of a massive white cap on Uranus may seem alarming, but as planetary scientists are learning, this is…
IRL Week, Nightmare Kangaroos, and What Slammed Into Uranus: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
For the past week, we here at Gizmodo have been celebrating IRL Week: A series of stories dedicated to appreciating the…
Did Something Massive Smash Into Uranus?
You might be aware of one of Uranus’ complexities: It spins on its side, and its moons orbit on that same rotated…
Confirmed: Uranus Smells Like Farts
I’m sick and tired of Uranus jokes. It’s time to get serious about Uranus, because there is some really serious science…
Scientists Observe Incredible New Kind of Ice Thought to Exist in Uranus' Center
Here is an ice cube you do not want to put in your Diet Coke: A solid lattice of oxygen atoms with protons whizzing…
Uranus' Moons Are Unluckier Than We Thought
Uranus can’t seem to catch a break these days. Besides spinning on its side like the drunkard of the solar system and…
Scientists Say It's Raining Diamonds on Neptune and Uranus
Move over Jupiter and Saturn, a crap load of diamonds could be found in two of the most mysterious places in the Solar…
Uranus Is Even Freakier Than We Thought
If David Lynch designed a planet, it would be Uranus. Much like every episode of Twin Peaks: The Return, Uranus is…
Uranus Might Finally Get a Visitor After All These Years
Uranus is the loneliest thing in the solar system. It hasn’t had contact with anyone in over 30 years, since NASA’s…
Uranus Smells Like Farts
Scientists have lots of questions about Uranus. Why does Uranus look the way it does, why did Uranus form the way it…
Uranus Is a Wonderland and We Should Go There
Uranus is tired of being the butt of your jokes—especially that one.
Two Undiscovered Dark Moons Appear to Be Hiding Near Uranus
After re-examining data acquired by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, astronomers have detected wavy patterns in two of…
NASA Kepler Twitter Account Hacked, Tweets Sexy Butt
The official Twitter account for NASA’s Kepler, which surveys parts of the Milky Way Galaxy in search for hospitable…
Keep Track of Every Mission Throughout The Solar System With This Handy Map
There’s been dozens of probes that have gone out exploring the solar system since 1959's Luna 2 probe. PopChartLab has…
We Met Uranus, Our Solar System's Weirdest Planet, 30 Years Ago Today
On January 24th, 1986, Voyager 2 swept past our system’s seventh planet, Uranus, on its way through the solar system.…
The Seven Wonders of the Solar System
People like to make lists of things, especially lists of superlatives: the best, fastest, oldest, largest, heaviest and…
It's Time To Get Serious About Exploring Uranus. (Stop Snickering!)
Do names determine our destiny? Certainly, Uranus (properly pronounced, yur-an-us) makes a strong case for that theory.…
A Remarkable View Of Uranus As Seen Through The Rings Of Saturn
Just released by NASA's Cassini Imaging Team, the picture above shows Uranus as a tiny blue orb shining far beyond the…
You Are Really Lonely When One Of Your Neighbors Is This Close
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has just captured another Pale Blue Dot image while orbiting Saturn. The difference is that,…
Should we just rename Uranus already?
Two-hundred-and-thirty-two years ago a mistake was made. The question is, do we have to keep living with it forever,…