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Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event
NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth ...
This image of Uranus was captured by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986
These are the 5 beautiful images of Uranus by NASA ...
NASA Takes Advantage of Planetary Alignment to Take a Peek at Uranus
A stellar occultation this month gave scientists an opportunity to scrutinize the seventh planet from the Sun.
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See Uranus' Seasonal Changes In Color - 168-Year Animated Time-Lapse
"Two Uranus years (one Uranus year is 84.02 Earth years), running from 1900 to 2068 and starting just before southern summer solstice, when Uranus’s south pole points almost directly towards the Sun," ...
NASA Peeks Into Uranus's Atmosphere As It Blocks A Star 400 Light-Years Away
William Saunders, planetary scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, revealed that Uranus occulted a star lying about 400 ...
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Rare Alignment Gives NASA A Chance To Peer Into Uranus
Uranus is an ice giant planet with a thick atmosphere over a hot mantle of water, ammonia, and methane ices. Humanity has ...
'One-Hour Miracle': How a distant star helped NASA spy on Uranus’ hidden secrets
A rare one-hour occultation in April 2025 let NASA and global scientists uncover new secrets about Uranus’ atmosphere, rings, ...
Do you like breaking the rules? It could be Uranus in your birth chart
Ever felt like you just cannot follow the crowd, no matter how hard you try? That might be Uranus doing its thing in your ...
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Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event
Artist's illustration showing a distant star going out of sight as it is eclipsed by Uranus — an event known as a planetary stellar occultation. | Credit: NASA/Advanced Concepts Laboratory NASA ...