- Uranus - Wikipedia
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun It is a gaseous cyan -coloured ice giant Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls "ice" or volatiles
- Uranus - Science@NASA
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and the third largest planet in our solar system – about four times wider than Earth Uranus is very cold and windy It is surrounded by faint rings, and more than two dozen small moons It rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit
- Uranus | Facts, Moons, Rings | Britannica
Uranus, seventh planet in distance from the Sun and the least massive of the solar system’s four giant, or Jovian, planets Uranus has more than two dozen moons, five of which (Umbriel, Miranda, Ariel, Titania, and Oberon) are relatively large, and a system of narrow rings
- Uranus Facts - Interesting Facts about Planet Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun It’s not visible to the naked eye, and became the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope Uranus is tipped over on its side with an axial tilt of 98 degrees It is often described as “rolling around the Sun on its side ” Uranus was officially discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781
- Uranus Facts | Rotation, Rings, Atmosphere, Size, History Definition
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, around 1 8 billion miles or 2 9 billion kilometers distance away It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest mass in the Solar System
- All About Uranus | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Uranus is an ice giant (instead of a gas giant) It is mostly made of flowing icy materials above a solid core Uranus has a thick atmosphere made of methane, hydrogen, and helium Uranus is the only planet that spins on its side Uranus spins the opposite direction as Earth and most other planets
- Planet Uranus facts and information | National Geographic
Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, may initially look like a bland, blue-green ball But there's a lot to love about the icy giant, from its 13 rings to its 27 known moons to the fact that
- NASA Just Got a Rare Look Inside Uranus – Here’s What They Found
A rare celestial alignment in April 2025 gave NASA scientists the chance to study Uranus in exceptional detail as it passed in front of a distant star This stellar occultation, visible only from parts of western North America, allowed researchers to measure changes in Uranus’ atmosphere that haven’t been studied this thoroughly in decades
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