The newly enhanced image shows details of the planet's seasonal "cloud cap" that swirls over its north pole. Scientists said the polar cap becomes "more prominent" when Uranus tilts toward the sun ...

The North pole is at 4 o'clock. On its 84 Earth-years orbit of the sun, the blue-green planet Uranus—the third-largest planet in our solar system—is about 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion ...

Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn all have dipolar magnetic fields, meaning they have a north and south pole - the type of configuration we're obviously used to. But Uranus and Neptune don't. Instead ...

Uranus's extreme tilt causes extreme seasons. Each pole of Uranus experiences 42 years of continuous sunlight followed by 42 years of darkness. The planet is an ice giant, made up of methane ...