Uranus
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![Neptune and Uranus colors.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FYrYkNActvEGzFBTzR8weD-320-80.jpg)
Neptune isn't as blue as you think, and these new images of the planet prove it
By Robert Lea published
A new treatment of images collected by Voyager 2 in the late 1980s using data from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the actual colors of the solar system's distant ice giants, Neptune and Uranus.
![This image of Uranus from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows the planet and its rings in new clarity.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XTosDBpvF2oWbgkLsGTDv5-320-80.jpg)
Space photo of the week: Uranus 'rings' in the New Year in stunning James Webb telescope image
By Jamie Carter published
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a stunning new portrait of ice giant Uranus, featuring its frigid rings and 14 of 27 moons.
![Three images of Uranus that are blue, green and red showing a weird bright spot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2Be8Hc93SrmbnoiYpwfWA9-320-80.jpg)
Raging 'polar vortex' discovered over Uranus' north pole for 1st time
By Keith Cooper published
A polar cyclone is swirling on Uranus, further showing that the planet's atmosphere is a hive of hidden activity.
![Uranus, the 7th planet from the sun, appears as a shiny blue ball surrounded by white rings in this James Webb Space Telescope image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BzVwYeP7DQDWvVtJtkndN3-320-80.png)
4 of Uranus' biggest moons have secret, underground oceans, new study suggests
By Stephanie Pappas published
A reanalysis of Voyager data suggests that four of Uranus moons may have oceans tucked between their cores and icy crusts.
![Uranus is bright, blue and cloudy in this Hubble Space Telescope image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fbeUtidL4p985snDfUCfZd-320-80.jpg)
Uranus will vanish during 'lunar occultation' Wednesday night
By Brandon Specktor published
Viewers in some parts of the world may see Uranus disappear behind the moon for several hours on Wednesday, Sept. 14 in a 'lunar occultation' event.
![mars and uranus bright in night sky](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/arJFQDqFqpTS4gCRF29cwh-320-80.jpeg)
Mars and Uranus will line up in a rare 'planetary conjunction' this weekend. Here's how to watch.
By Jamie Carter published
It's a rare opportunity to see the Red Planet and the green planet in the same binocular field of view.
![This is an image of the planet Uranus taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2 in 1986. NASA & JPL-Caltech.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b3Nqnpyv2YS6iwrw4EB7pZ-320-80.jpg)
Uranus: Facts about the sideways ice giant
By Adam Mann published
Reference Uranus is a strange world in the solar system that spins on its side. A new probe that will visit Uranus in the coming decades could unlock even more secrets about this peculiar planet.
![Auroras on Uranus behave in unexpected ways.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Tkf8tbHrMJZhVwzavC9vLF-320-80.gif)
Scientists create most detailed map of Uranus' mysterious auroras
By Tereza Pultarova published
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