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On April 7, Uranus passed in front of a distant star located 400 light-years away, giving NASA scientists a rare cosmic alignment in which to investigate the distant ice giant. During the hour-long ...

TEMPE, Ariz. a Quick: What’s the order of the planets in the solar system? Need a little help? Maybe the following mnemonic rings a bell: “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Up Nine Pizzas.” It’s ...

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Uranus is a strange planet in the solar system that spins titled over on its side. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Uranus, the ...

The discovery of Neptune, while often presented as a triumph of Newtonian mechanics, involved significant complexities, including overlooked prior observations of Uranus and multiple failed attempts ...

Uranus won't move on from Taurus until 2025, but due to its current retrograde, it'll actually slide back into Aries for a brief visit starting tomorrow, November 6, until early March 2019. We spoke ...