//www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/uranus/ Uranus News. See images of the bright blue ring discovered around Uranus. Read science articles on the planet Uranus and more. en-us Sun, 02 Jul 2023 18:49:54 EDT Sun, 02 Jul 2023 18:49:54 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/space_time/uranus/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230406114006.htm Following in the footsteps of the Neptune image released in 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the solar system's other ice giant, the planet Uranus. The new image features dramatic rings as well as bright features in the planet's atmosphere. The Webb data demonstrates the observatory's unprecedented sensitivity for the faintest dusty rings, which have only ever been imaged by two other facilities: the Voyager 2 spacecraft as it flew past the planet in 1986, and the Keck Observatory with advanced adaptive optics. Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:40:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230406114006.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230131101520.htm 当一个科学家发现惊人的证据that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to support a liquid internal ocean, colleagues began studying Mimas' surface to understand how its interior may have evolved. Numerical simulations of the moon's Herschel impact basin, the most striking feature on its heavily cratered surface, determined that the basin's structure and the lack of tectonics on Mimas are compatible with a thinning ice shell and geologically young ocean. Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:15:20 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/01/230131101520.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220902154911.htm What goes on inside planets like Neptune and Uranus? To find out, an international team conducted a novel experiment. They fired a laser at a thin film of simple PET plastic and investigated what happened using intensive laser flashes. One result was that the researchers were able to confirm their earlier thesis that it really does rain diamonds inside the ice giants at the periphery of our solar system. And another was that this method could establish a new way of producing nanodiamonds, which are needed, for example, for highly-sensitive quantum sensors. Fri, 02 Sep 2022 15:49:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/09/220902154911.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/07/220721101508.htm Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night sky. Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:15:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/07/220721101508.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220621105644.htm 一项新的研究描述了cr的独特群体aters on two of Saturn's moons could help indicate the satellites' age and the conditions of their formation. Using data from NASA's Cassini mission, researchers have surveyed elliptical craters on Saturn's moons Tethys and Dione for this study. Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:56:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/06/220621105644.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220531140128.htm Astronomers may now understand why the similar planets Uranus and Neptune are different colors. Researchers have now developed a single atmospheric model that matches observations of both planets. The model reveals that excess haze on Uranus builds up in the planet's stagnant, sluggish atmosphere and makes it appear a lighter tone than Neptune. Tue, 31 May 2022 14:01:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2022/05/220531140128.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211014131203.htm 并不是所有的冰都是相同的。水的固体形式comes in more than a dozen different - sometimes more, sometimes less crystalline - structures, depending on the conditions of pressure and temperature in the environment. Superionic ice is a special crystalline form, half solid, half liquid - and electrically conductive. Its existence has been predicted on the basis of various models and has already been observed on several occasions under - very extreme - laboratory conditions. New results provide another piece of the puzzle in the spectrum of the manifestations of water. And they may also help to explain the unusual magnetic fields of the planets Uranus and Neptune, which contain a lot of water. Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:12:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/10/211014131203.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210930134800.htm A new study finds that next-generation telescopes used to see exoplanets could confuse Earth-like planets with other types of planets in the same solar system. Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:48:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/09/210930134800.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/05/210526185901.htm Laboratory experiments allow insights into the processes under the extreme pressure and temperature conditions of distant worlds. Wed, 26 May 2021 18:59:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/05/210526185901.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210331130902.htm Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our solar system. Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:09:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/03/210331130902.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210121132103.htm Scientists have just shown that the influence of Saturn's satellites can explain the tilt of the rotation axis of the gas giant. Their work also predicts that the tilt will increase even further over the next few billion years. Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:21:03 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2021/01/210121132103.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/10/201029115802.htm New work reveals the likely original locations of Saturn and Jupiter. These findings refine our understanding of the forces that determined our Solar System's unusual architecture, including the ejection of an additional planet between Saturn and Uranus, ensuring that only small, rocky planets, like Earth, formed inward of Jupiter. Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:58:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/10/201029115802.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/04/200406092843.htm Uranus is a planetary oddity. Our Solar System's planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction, and do so with their axes of rotation - the way they spin locally - orientated roughly perpendicular to their orbits. Uranus, however, is uniquely tipped over, with its axis almost parallel to its orbit. Uranus' moons and rings are also orientated this way, suggesting they formed during a cataclysmic impact that tipped it over early in its history. Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:28:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/04/200406092843.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/02/200228142006.htm NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will unlock secrets of the atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune. Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:20:06 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2020/02/200228142006.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/06/190620153544.htm Two telescopes have measured the faint heat from the main, or epsilon ring, of Uranus, enabling astronomers for the first time to determine its temperature: a cool 77 Kelvin. Earlier images of the rings came from reflected light only. The observations also show that the rings lack dust, which is common in the rings of other planets, and are composed of centimeter-sized particles and larger. Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:35:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/06/190620153544.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190328170639.htm New findings have emerged about five tiny moons nestled in and near Saturn's rings. The closest-ever flybys by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal that the surfaces of these unusual moons are covered with material from the planet's rings -- and from icy particles blasting out of Saturn's larger moon Enceladus. The work paints a picture of the competing processes shaping these mini-moons. Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:06:39 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190328170639.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190325110246.htm Giant planets like Neptune may contain much less free hydrogen than previously assumed. Researchers drove shock waves through two different types of plastic to reach the same temperatures and pressures present inside such planets, and observed the behavior using ultra-strong X-ray laser pulses. Unexpectedly, one of these plastics kept its crystalline structure even at the most extreme pressures. Since the icy giant interiors are made up of the same components as the plastic, planetary models may need to be partially reconsidered. Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:02:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/03/190325110246.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/02/190207114955.htm NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered another mysterious dark storm on Neptune and provided a fresh look at a long-lived storm circling around the north polar region on Uranus. Thu, 07 Feb 2019 11:49:55 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2019/02/190207114955.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/11/181119155959.htm Forget those shepherding moons. Gravity and the odd shapes of asteroid Chariklo and dwarf planet Haumea -- small objects deep in our solar system -- can be credited for forming and maintaining their own rings, according new research. Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:59:59 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/11/181119155959.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/09/180910111235.htm Scientists have studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their existence points to an early planetary rearrangement in our solar system. Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:12:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/09/180910111235.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/07/180702170903.htm 天王星遭受大规模的对象大致t的两倍he size of Earth that caused the planet to tilt and could explain its freezing temperatures, according to new research. Mon, 02 Jul 2018 17:09:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/07/180702170903.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/02/180206091429.htm Scientists have provided the first experimental evidence for superionic conduction in water ice at planetary interior conditions, verifying a 30-year-old prediction. Tue, 06 Feb 2018 09:14:29 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2018/02/180206091429.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171101151201.htm Forty years ago, the twin Voyagers spacecraft were launched to explore the frontiers of our solar system, and have since made countless discoveries, including finding magnetic bubbles around two of the outer planets. Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:12:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/11/171101151201.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/06/170626093453.htm Uranus' magnetosphere, the region defined by the planet's magnetic field and the material trapped inside it, gets flipped on and off like a light switch every day as it rotates along with the planet, scientists have discovered. It's 'open' in one orientation, allowing solar wind to flow into the magnetosphere; it later closes, forming a shield against the solar wind and deflecting it away from the planet. Mon, 26 Jun 2017 09:34:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/06/170626093453.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170511141951.htm A pioneering new study uncovering the 'primitive atmosphere' surrounding a distant world could provide a pivotal breakthrough in the search to how planets form and develop in far-flung galaxies. Thu, 11 May 2017 14:19:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/05/170511141951.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170428093851.htm Astronomers have modeled the two rings around Chariklo, the smallest body in the Solar System known to have rings. This is the first time an entire ring system has been simulated using realistic sizes for the ring particles. The simulation revealed that the ring particles are much smaller than predicted or that an undiscovered shepherd satellite around Chariklo is stabilizing the ring. Fri, 28 Apr 2017 09:38:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170428093851.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170410123938.htm A composite image of Uranus by Voyager 2 and two different observations made by Hubble shows one for the ring and one for the auroras found around the planet. Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:39:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2017/04/170410123938.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161031085936.htm A team of researchers has presented a new model for the origin of Saturn's rings based on results of computer simulations. The results of the simulations are also applicable to rings of other giant planets and explain the compositional differences between the rings of Saturn and Uranus. Mon, 31 Oct 2016 08:59:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161031085936.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161025115158.htm NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus 30 years ago, but researchers are still making discoveries from the data it gathered then. A new study led by University of Idaho researchers suggests there could be two tiny, previously undiscovered moonlets orbiting near two of the planet's rings. Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:51:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/10/161025115158.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/09/160914090456.htm Astronomers found signs of a growing planet around TW Hydra, a nearby young star, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Based on the distance from the central star and the distribution of tiny dust grains, the baby planet is thought to be an icy giant, similar to Uranus and Neptune in our Solar System. This result is another step towards understanding the origins of various types of planets. Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:04:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/09/160914090456.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/09/160906103159.htm Scientists have discovered that the depths of Uranus, Neptune and their satellites may contain extraordinary compounds, such as carbonic and orthocarbonic acids. It is no accident researchers have chosen these planets as a subject for their research. These gas giants consist mainly of hydrogen, carbon and oxygen, which are the three cornerstones of organic chemistry. Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:31:59 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/09/160906103159.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160830084323.htm The solar system could be thrown into disaster when the sun dies if the mysterious 'Planet Nine' exists, according to new research. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 08:43:23 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160830084323.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160824144027.htm Saturn, with its alluring rings and numerous moons, has long fascinated stargazers and scientists. After an initial flyby of Pioneer 11 in 1979, humanity got a second, much closer look at this complex planetary system in the early 1980s through the eyes of NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft. Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:40:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2016/08/160824144027.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/10/151029093627.htm It's like something out of an interplanetary chess game. Astrophysicists have found that a close encounter with Jupiter about four billion years ago may have resulted in another planet's ejection from the Solar System altogether. Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:36:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/10/151029093627.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/06/150622182455.htm The interiors of several of our Solar System's planets and moons are icy, and ice has been found on distant extrasolar planets, as well. This ice must exist under extreme pressures and high-temperatures, and potentially contains salty impurities, too. New research focuses on the physics underlying the formation of the types of ice that are stable under these paradoxical-seeming conditions. It could challenge current ideas about the physical properties found inside icy planetary bodies. Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:24:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/06/150622182455.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/01/150122145418.htm New laser-driven compression experiments reproduce the conditions deep inside exotic super-Earths and giant planet cores, and the conditions during the violent birth of Earth-like planets, documenting the material properties that determined planets' formation and evolution processes. Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:54:18 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2015/01/150122145418.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/12/141215204228.htm The Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced three shock waves. The most recent shock wave, first observed in February 2014, still appears to be going on. One wave, previously reported, helped researchers determine that Voyager 1 had entered interstellar space. Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:42:28 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/12/141215204228.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/11/141112144819.htm The normally bland face of Uranus has become increasingly stormy, with enormous cloud systems so bright that for the first time, amateur astronomers are able to see details in the planet's hazy blue-green atmosphere. Astronomers first observed the storms in the infrared using the Keck telescope. When amateurs learned of the storms, they turned their optical telescopes on the planet and saw different but equally impressive storms. Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:48:19 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/11/141112144819.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/10/141015101337.htm Our view of other solar systems just got a little more familiar, with the discovery of a planet 25,000 light-years away that resembles our own Uranus. Astronomers have discovered hundreds of planets around the Milky Way, including rocky planets similar to Earth and gas planets similar to Jupiter. But there is a third type of planet in our solar system -- part gas, part ice -- and this is the first time anyone has spotted a twin for our so-called "ice giant" planets, Uranus and Neptune. Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:13:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/10/141015101337.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140923101538.htm Astronomers have just proposed a solution to the problematic chemical composition of Uranus and Neptune, thus providing clues for understanding their formation. The researchers focused on the positioning of these two outermost planets of the Solar System, and propose a new model explaining how and where they formed. Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:15:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140923101538.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140918162222.htm Miranda, a small, icy moon of Uranus, is one of the most visually striking and enigmatic bodies in the solar system. Despite its relatively small size, Miranda appears to have experienced an episode of intense resurfacing that resulted in the formation of at least three remarkable and unique surface features -- polygonal-shaped regions called coronae. Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:22:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140918162222.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140910132420.htm The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has reached a major milestone by extending its vision fully into the realm of the submillimeter, the wavelengths of cosmic light that hold intriguing information about the cold, dark, and distant Universe. Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:24:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/09/140910132420.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/07/140721142215.htm Astronomers have discovered a transiting exoplanet with the longest known year. Kepler-421b circles its star once every 704 days. In comparison, Mars orbits our Sun once every 780 days. Most of the 1,800-plus exoplanets discovered to date are much closer to their stars and have much shorter orbital periods. Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:22:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/07/140721142215.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/05/140502115703.htm NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured its first-ever image of the pale blue ice-giant planet Uranus in the distance beyond Saturn's rings. Fri, 02 May 2014 11:57:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2014/05/140502115703.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/12/131210091134.htm An atmospheric peculiarity the Earth shares with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune is likely common to billions of planets, astronomers have found, and knowing that may help in the search for potentially habitable worlds. Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:11:34 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/12/131210091134.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/09/130912093727.htm Hydrocarbons from the Earth make up the oil and gas that heat our homes and fuel our cars. The study of the various phases of molecules formed from carbon and hydrogen under high pressures and temperatures, like those found in the Earth's interior, helps scientists understand the chemical processes occurring deep within planets, including Earth. New research hones in on the hydrocarbon methane (CH4), because its behavior under the conditions found in planetary interiors is poorly understood. Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:37:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/09/130912093727.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/08/130829145214.htm Astronomers have discovered the first Trojan asteroid sharing the orbit of Uranus, and believe 2011 QF99 is part of a larger-than-expected population of transient objects temporarily trapped by the gravitational pull of the solar system's giant planets. Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:52:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/08/130829145214.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/06/130618101606.htm Astrophysicists have confirmed that Crantor, a large asteroid with a diameter of 70 km has an orbit similar to that of Uranus and takes the same amount of time to orbit the Sun. Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that this and a further two objects of the group of the Centaurs are co-orbital with Uranus. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:16:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/06/130618101606.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/05/130516105621.htm 胃肠道的长期天气预报是什么ant planets Uranus and Neptune? These planets are home to extreme winds blowing at speeds of over 1000 km/hour, hurricane-like storms as large around as Earth, immense weather systems that last for years and fast-flowing jet streams. Researchers set an upper limit for the thickness of jet streams on Uranus and Neptune. Thu, 16 May 2013 10:56:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2013/05/130516105621.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121204112012.htm Two researchers have recently proposed the first ever model explaining how the great majority of regular satellites in our solar system were formed out of planet rings. The model, the only one of its kind, was first tested in 2010 on Saturn's moons. It seems to account for the present distribution of “giant” planets and also explains how the satellites of the “terrestrial” planets such as Earth or Pluto came into being. These results are a major step forward in understanding and explaining the formation of planet systems across the universe. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:20:12 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/12/121204112012.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/10/121017154848.htm Among the oddities of the outer solar system are the middle-sized moons of Saturn, a half-dozen icy bodies dwarfed by Saturn's massive moon Titan. According to a new model for the origin of the Saturn system, these middle-sized moons were spawned during giant impacts in which several major satellites merged to form Titan. Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:48:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/10/121017154848.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/10/121017153940.htm In 1986, when Voyager swept past Uranus, the probe’s portraits of the planet were “notoriously bland,” disappointing scientists, yielding few new details of the planet and its atmosphere, and giving it a reputation as a bore of the solar system. Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:39:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/10/121017153940.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/08/120820202037.htm Thirty-five years ago Aug. 20, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a journey that would make it the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune and the longest-operating NASA spacecraft ever. Voyager 2 and its twin, Voyager 1, that launched 16 days later on Sept. 5, 1977, are still going strong, hurtling away from our sun. Mission managers are eagerly anticipating the day when they break on through to the other side -- the space between stars. Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:20:37 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/08/120820202037.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/04/120413122208.htm For the first time, scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus, finding further evidence of just how peculiar a world that distant planet is. Detected by means of carefully scheduled observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, the newly witnessed Uranian light show consisted of short-lived, faint, glowing dots - a world of difference from the colorful curtains of light that often ring Earth's poles. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:22:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2012/04/120413122208.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/12/111213144717.htm In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was hit by lightning a record seventh time and two NASA space probes destined to turn planetary science on its head launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The identical spacecraft, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, were launched in the summer and programmed to pass by Jupiter and Saturn on different paths. Voyager 2 went on to visit Uranus and Neptune, completing the "Grand Tour of the Solar System," perhaps the most exciting interplanetary mission ever flown. Scientists who designed and built identical instruments for Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were as stunned as anyone when the spacecraft began sending back data to Earth. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:47:17 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/12/111213144717.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/11/111110142102.htm Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to a new article. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:21:02 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/11/111110142102.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/10/111006084235.htm Uranus' highly tilted axis makes it something of an oddball in our solar system. The accepted wisdom is that Uranus was knocked on its side by a single large impact, but new research rewrites our theories of how Uranus became so tilted and also solves fresh mysteries about the position and orbits of its moons. Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:42:35 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/10/111006084235.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/09/110908145114.htm Usually, running five minutes late is a bad thing since you might lose your dinner reservation or miss out on tickets to the latest show. But when a planet runs five minutes late, astronomers get excited because it suggests that another world is nearby. NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted a planet that alternately runs late and early in its orbit because a second, "invisible" world is tugging on it. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:51:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/09/110908145114.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/07/110712174540.htm Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. To commemorate the event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken these "anniversary pictures" of the blue-green giant planet. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:45:40 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/07/110712174540.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/06/110630091826.htm By tracking atmospheric features on Neptune, a planetary scientist has accurately determined the planet's rotation, a feat that had not been previously achieved for any of the gas planets in our solar system except Jupiter. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:18:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2011/06/110630091826.htm