MIT researchers have outlined how SpaceX’s Starship rocket, refueled in Earth orbit, could cut the travel time for NASA’s planned Uranus mission roughly in half. The baseline design for the Uranus ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has transformed new views of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus into immersive soundscapes, turning planetary data into audio you can hear.

Stargazers across much of the world, including South Korea, have a prime opportunity tonight, March 1, 2026, to witness a ...

A total lunar eclipse is the highlight of the month. For planetary action, Jupiter is well placed most of the night and there ...

This week, for the third time in eight months, Uranus will have a "close encounter" with Jupiter. Jupiter is currently the brightest object in the evening sky, being high in the south at sunset, and ...

A rare planetary alignment will make six planets visible shortly after sunset this weekend. Here's which planets you could ...

A rare planetary alignment of six planets will light the horizon this weekend. Here's when where, and what time to see 2026 ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

The planet Uranus is finally revealing some of its best-hidden phenomena, thanks to a completely new mapping of its upper ...

New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.

Uranus does not behave like an ordinary planet. Its magnetic field tilts by nearly 60 degrees and sits off-center, so the charged particles that spark auroras do not gather in neat rings.