Two teams have separately concluded that Uranus is releasing more internal heat than was indicated in observations by Voyager 2. Instead of just reflecting heat from the Sun, it adds some of its own.

Uranus, an ice giant planet and the seventh planet from the sun, may be warmer than previously thought. The third largest planet in the solar system — previously thought to be the coldest despite ...

Showing that you shouldn't draw conclusions based on too few facts, new NASA research suggests that a decades-old view of Uranus as an unusually cold planet isn't true, but that it does actually ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this discovery contradicts observations of the distant gas giant made by NASA's ...

It’s getting hot and, er, gassy on Uranus. A deep, long probe of the bluish gas giant has revealed that it leaks far more heat than it receives from the Sun. The seventh planet in the solar system has ...