In fact, its initial name was deemed even more controversial. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the German-British composer and scientist William Herschel. This ice giant is blue in colour, has faint ...

N ASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its cruise to explore Jupiter’s mysterious ice moon, Europa. On this path, it clicked ...

Nearly 2½ centuries ago, in December 1781, musical composer and amateur astronomer William Herschel was scanning his telescope through the skies over ...

It's been one Neptunian year—or about 165 Earth years—since astronomers first observed the most distant planet from the sun.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. The moon, designated S/2025 U1, is ...

Uranus has a new moon. This planet, which orbits our sun beyond Saturn, is a bit of a mystery, since not much is known about it, despite getting a flyby by Voyager 2 back in 1986. We do know it has ...

Four people were caught illegally harvesting 93 undersized clams in Pismo Beach on Oct. 31, 2025. All four were cited for possessing undersized clams, and three for clamming without a license. Pismo ...

An ancient fragment of bone discovered in the Crimean cave of Starosele is changing what we think about how and where Neanderthals migrated. The fragment, now known as Star 1, turned out to be ...

On Oct. 29, the messenger planet will oppose change-maker Uranus, triggering a radical perspective shift The truth hits different when it comes out of the blue. On Oct. 29, upon entering the ...

The truth hits different when it comes out of the blue. On Oct. 29, upon entering the truth-telling sign of Sagittarius, Mercury will form a tense opposition to Uranus retrograde in Gemini, sparking ...