Guide to Space
Could There Be Life on Uranus?
[/caption] The more we learn about life on Earth, the more we realize that it can live in some of…
Temperature of Uranus
How's the temperature on Uranus? Cold. In fact, the temperature of Uranus makes it the coldest planet in the Solar…
Ten Interesting Facts About Uranus
The gas (and ice) giant known as Uranus is a fascinating place. The seventh planet from out Sun, Uranus is…
Core of Uranus
[/caption] Uranus has a mass of roughly 14.5 times that of Earth, which makes it the least massive of the…
How To Use A Telescope
Choose Your Observing Site To Use A Telescope One of the most important things to begin with is to carefully…
Surface of Uranus
[/caption] Uranus is a ball of ice and gas, so you can't really say that it has a surface. If…
What is the Weather Like on Uranus?
We understand the weather on Earth. The Sun heats the air at the equator, causing it to rise. The warm…
Orbit of Uranus
[/caption] The orbit of Uranus takes 84.3 year to complete one revolution around the Sun. In other words, 1 Uranian…
Uranus Pictures
So far, only one spacecraft has ever captured an image of Uranus: NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. So let's take a…
Mass of Uranus
[/caption] The mass of Uranus is 8.68 x 1025 kg. Want to put that in perspective? That's 14.536 times more…