Aurora lights on Uranus helped NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope measure the planet’s interior rotation rate, changing what astronomers know about how long a day is on the cold and windy world.

In the vastness of space, even the smallest discoveries can change our understanding, and Uranus has revealed a new secret.

If you've been wondering how long the day on Uranus is, you probably need to get out more. But if you have, you'll be ...

An analysis of 11 years of Hubble Space Telescope observations shows that Uranus ' day lasts 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 52 ...

Decades of data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope has given an international team of astronomers fresh insight into ...

A day at Uranus just got a little longer. Scientists reported Monday that observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have ...

Astronomers have just revealed that a day on Uranus is longer than was previously thought, at 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds. This is 28 seconds longer than the previous estimate, which was made ...

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Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought - ...

This approach can now be used to determine the rotation rate of any celestial object with a magnetic field and auroras — ...