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Description NASA’s Europa Clipper captured this image of a starfield — and the planet Uranus — on Nov. 5, 2025,…

The energized particles around Uranus defied scientist's understanding of how magnetic fields work to trap particle radiation.

NASA scientists have made the first observation of a polar cyclone on Uranus.

New modeling shows that there likely is an ocean layer in four of Uranus' major moons: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and…

This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft features a blue planet, Uranus, imaged by Cassini for the first time. Uranus is…

An infrared composite image of the two hemispheres of Uranus obtained with Keck Telescope adaptive optics.

A recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope view reveals Uranus surrounded by its four major rings and by 10 of its…

This picture is part of NASA's Voyager 2 imaging sequence of Ariel, a moon of Uranus taken on January 24,…

This color composite of the Uranian satellite Miranda was taken by NASA's Voyager 2 on January 24, 1986. Miranda, just…

View of Miranda showing light and dark banded scarps near the boundary of the banded ovoid and a deep graben…

One wide-angle and eight narrow-angle camera images of Miranda, taken by NASA's Voyager 2, were combined in this view. The…

Montage of Uranus' five largest satellites taken by NASA's Voyager 2. From to right to left in order of decreasing…

NASA's Voyager 2 took this wide-angle image of Uranus' rings as the spacecraft neared the plane of the rings less…

NASA's Voyager 2 acquired this high-resolution image of the epsilon ring of Uranus on Jan. 23, 1986. This clear-filter image…

This silhouetted image of the rings of Uranus was taken by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft on Jan. 24, 1986, just…

This 'family portrait' of Uranus' five largest moons was compiled from images sent back Jan. 20, 1986, by NASA's Voyager…

Several craters are seen on the surface of 1985U1, one of several small moons of Uranus discovered by NASA's Voyager…

NASA's Voyager 2 returned this picture of the Uranus rings on Jan. 22, 1986, from a distance of 2.52 million…

This NASA Voyager 2 image of the Uranian rings delta, gamma, eta, beta and alpha (from top) was taken Jan.…

This Voyager 2 image of Miranda was taken Jan. 23, 1986, as the spacecraft neared Uranus. Miranda is the innermost…

Voyager 2 obtained this full-disk view of Uranus' moon Titania in the early morning hours of Jan. 24, 1986, from…

The terminator region of Titania, one of Uranus' five large moons, was captured in this Voyager 2 image obtained in…

Voyager 2 has discovered two 'shepherd' satellites associated with the rings of Uranus. The two moons, designated 1986U7 and 1986U8,…

Taking its first peek at Uranus, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) detected six distinct…

NASA's Voyager 2 took this image on January 24, 1986, showing Ariel's surface densely pitted with craters. Numerous valleys and…

Processing brings out Uranus' atmosphere in this image taken by NASA's Voyager 2.

A sliver of Uranus is seen by NASA's Voyager 2. This image was taken through three color filters and recombined…

This NASA Voyager 2 view of Uranus' moon Ariel's terminator shows a complex array of transecting valleys with super-imposed impact…

These two pictures of Uranus were compiled from images recorded by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 1O, 1986. This view…

Distinct bright patches are visible on Ariel, the brightest of Uranus' five largest satellites. NASA's Voyager 2 obtained this image…

NASA's Voyager 2 captured this view of the outer part of the Uranian ring system the morning of Jan. 24,…

Miranda, innermost of Uranus' large satellites, is seen at close range in this image from NASA's Voyager 2 image, taken…

The outer rings of Uranus are visible in this image, obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 23, 1986. The…

This computer enhancement of a NASA Voyager 2 image, emphasizes the high-level haze in Uranus' upper atmosphere. Clouds are obscured…

Uranus' moon Miranda is shown in a computer-assembled mosaic of images obtained Jan. 24, 1986, by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft.…

A latitude-longitude grid superimposed on this false color image obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 in 1986 shows that Uranus' atmosphere…

Uranus' rings, photographed by NASA's Voyager 2 in 1986 as it approached the plane of the Uranian ring system.

Uranus' outermost and largest moon, Oberon, is seen in this image, obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 22, 1986.…

These three NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the planet Uranus reveal the motion of a pair of bright clouds…

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the planet Uranus reveals the planet's rings and bright clouds and a high…

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the planet Uranus reveals the planet's rings, at least five of the inner…

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope peered deep into Uranus' atmosphere to see clear and hazy layers created by a mixture of…

Taken in 1997, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, using visible light, detected clouds in the northern hemisphere of Uranus.

This image shows a crescent Uranus, a view that Earthlings never witnessed until Voyager 2 flew near and then beyond…

This false-color picture of Uranus, obtained by NASA's Voyager on Jan. 14, 1986, shows a discrete cloud seen as a…

On Jan. 18, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 discoverd three Uranus satellites. All three lie outside the orbits of Uranus nine…

These time-lapse images of Uranus. taken by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 14, 1986, show the movement of two small,…

This mosaic of Miranda was obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 during its close flyby of the Uranian moon. Miranda exhibits…

These two images of Uranus, one in true color and the other in false color, were compiled from images returned…

The southern hemisphere of Umbriel displays heavy cratering in this NASA Voyager 2 image, taken Jan. 24, 1986. This frame…

This view of pale blue-green Uranus was recorded by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan 25, 1986, as the spacecraft left…

This image of Miranda, Uranus' moon, was acquired by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 24, 1986. Miranda displays a dramatically…

On Jan. 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 obtained this color picture of the Uranian moon, Ariel. Most of the visible…

On Jan. 23, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 discovered a tenth ring orbiting Uranus. The tenth ring is about midway between…

This high-resolution color composite of Titania was made from NASA's Voyager 2 images taken Jan. 24, 1986, as the spacecraft…

This image captured by NASA's Voyager 2 in 1986 revealed a continuous distribution of small particles throughout the Uranus ring…

Miranda reveals a complex geologic history in this view, acquired by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 24, 1986, around its…

This image of the Uranian moon, Miranda, was taken Jan 24, 1986 by NASA's Voyager 2. This image reveals a…

On Jan. 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 returned the highest-resolution picture of Titania, Uranus' largest satellite. Abundant impact craters of…

This image of Miranda, obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 on approach in 1986, shows an unusual 'chevron' figure and regions…

This image of Oberon, Uranus' outermost moon, was captured by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 24, 1986. Clearly visible are…

This false-color view of the rings of Uranus was made from images taken by NASA's Voyager 2 on Jan. 21,…

This is an image of the planet Uranus taken by the spacecraft Voyager 2 in 1986.

Uranus' icy moon Miranda is seen in this image from Voyager 2 on January 24, 1986.







