The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is set to begin investigating the spectacular light shows of solar system giants Uranus and Saturn. Two separate teams of astronomers at the University of Leicester will use the $10-billion space telescope to study auroras over the gas giant Saturn and the frigid ice giant Uranus. The aim will […]
A black and white, blurry image with lots of white streaks. There is a white blob in the center-left to which a yellow arrow is pointing. Astronomers have discovered two tiny moons orbiting Neptune and one circling Uranus, bringing the number of their known moons to 16 and 28 respectively. Uranus’ new moon, the first […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system — two additional moons circling Neptune and one around Uranus. The distant tiny moons were spotted using powerful land-based telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, and announced Friday by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center. The latest tally puts Neptune at […]
Astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system – two additional moons circling Neptune and one around Uranus. The distant tiny moons were spotted using powerful land-based telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, and announced on Friday by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Centre. The latest tally puts Neptune at 16 known […]
The moon makes for a handy guide to locate Uranus in the night sky tonight (Jan. 19). The elusive Uranus, the second-most distant planet in our solar system, will be just a few degrees away from the moon, making tonight an excellent time to get a glimpse of the ice giant. To see Uranus beside […]
In the summer of 1989, from a remote expanse of our solar system where sunlight is merely a tepid glow, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft radioed to Earth humankind’s very first images of Neptune. The pictures revealed the sun’s outermost planet was a stunning, deep blue orb. In contrast, Uranus, Neptune’s planetary neighbor and the first […]
New images reveal what the most distant planets in the solar system – Neptune and Uranus – really look like. Many people will think of Neptune as being a rich blue colour, and Uranus more green. But a new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually much closer in colour than typically […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Often appearing in images to have starkly different hues, the true colors of Neptune and Uranus may be more similar than previously thought, new research has found. The first detailed glimpses of the two ice giants […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a glowing new portrait of Uranus that showcases the ice giant’s typically hidden rings, moons, weather and atmosphere — features that were nowhere to be seen in the planet’s […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has a treat to celebrate the upcoming second anniversary of its launch. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), which operate the craft alongside the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), shared a recent image of the icy planet Uranus. The picture, resembling a glowing blue marble rippling into a black […]
They may not be the gold rings from “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” but Uranus and its rings stand resplendent in this stunning portrait from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It’s the second image of Uranus that the JWST has captured this year. The first, released in April, was a two-toned affair composed of […]