Two projects will look at the auroras of these distant giant planets to discover what processes make them tick. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Uranus, the third-largest planet in our solar system, is sometimes visible with the unaided eye. Credit: Creators.com illustration How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine? Eight? Twelve?

A flyby of Uranus in 1986 is where we gathered much of our knowledge about the distant ice giant, but new research has found that this may not have been a standard representation of the planet's ...