In a rare celestial event, Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star, an occurrence captured by NASA for the first time.

The scientists also observed that ice and gas giants like Uranus may be natural laboratories for learning about atmospheres. This absence of solid ground means that cloud formation, storm development, ...

NASA had a rare opportunity to study Uranus’ atmosphere and rings when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, ...

A rare one-hour occultation in April 2025 let NASA and global scientists uncover new secrets about Uranus’ atmosphere, rings, ...

"There’s a high probability that if you want to think about the most hospitable place where you want life to be outside the ...

For the first time, astronomers located a molecular cloud by detecting hydrogen, its key component, rather than other ...

The asteroid has been compared to a lumpy bowling pin by space-watchers, with NASA describing it as looking like two ice ...

Computer Science & Engineering faculty develop technologies for a new generation of autonomous space worker robots ...

The elements in our bodies, the elements that make up our bones, the trees we see outside, the other planets in the solar ...

The scientists have named the molecular hydrogen cloud “Eos,” after the Greek goddess of mythology who is the personification ...

The vast ball of hydrogen, long invisible to scientists, was revealed by looking for its main constituent – molecular ...

The first bits of data have come back from the trio of small satellites that make up NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging ...