Webb maps Uranus’s upper atmosphere, revealing cooling temperatures, shifting auroras, and the effects of its tilted magnetic field.

Most planets spin like tops around the sun. But one planet in the solar system breaks all the rules. Uranus is the weirdest world in our solar system. It rolls around the sun like a giant blue barrel.

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Among the solar system’s planets, Uranus is criminally overlooked. Much like its outer solar system neighbor, Neptune, this “ice giant” world is so far from the sun (and so visually bland) that we ...