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Uranus

[yoor-uh-nuhs, yoo-ray-] / ˈjʊər ə nəs, jʊˈreɪ- /


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The uncertainty in funding has put on hold future missions to Uranus, Venus and Enceladus, and a return of rock and soil samples from Mars, Dreier said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Scientists also think diamonds may form and fall like rain far beneath the surfaces of ice giant planets such as Neptune and Uranus.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

This year, it coincides with the start of the Uranus return, an event only some people experience in their lifetime since it takes the planet roughly 84 years to orbit the sun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Many Kuiper Belt objects – also referred to as trans-Neptunian objects – have been discovered orbiting the Sun, but like Uranus they don’t do so in a continuous expected direction.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026

The giant gas worlds, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn—the jewel of the solar system—and Jupiter all have an entourage of icy moons.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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