Buckle up, my babies — on Monday, July 7, Uranus, our side-spinning planet of rebellion, liberation, and chaos with a capital ...

In Greek myth, Uranus, born from primeval chaos, is the god of the sky. One half of the first couple, Uranus, was the mate of Gaia, aka Mother Earth.

How did Uranus get its name? Uranus (officially pronounced yur-un-us) was the god of the sky in ancient Greece, but actually was not the first choice for the seventh planet’s name.

On March 13, 1781, the seventh planet in our solar system, Uranus, was discovered completely by accident. An amateur British-German astronomer named William Herschel had been looking through his ...

The International Astronomical Union has confirmed the existence of three currently unnamed moons — one around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune.

Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the planet 38 years ago.

Uranus is the butt of a lot of jokes, but scientists pronounce the name of our seventh planet differently than, say, most giggling middle-schoolers.

Uranus has 13 dusty rings, 11 of which are visible in the Webb image. The rings are split into two sets (an inner and outer system), which are named for a range of Greek letters and numbers.

An unofficial space exploration account on Twitter asked the internet to name an upcoming mission to the planet Uranus. Mayhem ensued.

On Monday, July 7, Uranus, our side-spinning planet of rebellion, liberation, and chaos with a capital C, swaps the placid materialist pastures of Taurus for the wild climes of Gemini.