These two pictures of Uranus were compiled from images recorded by Voyager 2 on January 10, 1986. The picture on the left has been processed to show Uranus as human eyes would see it from the vantage ...

The rings of Uranus were only discovered in 1977 and the outer rings, named for the Greek letters μ and ν (mu and nu), have been a nice puzzle. First of all, they are different colors, with ν being ...

It seems a little naughty, the name of our seventh planet. Uranus was named for the Greek supreme and original god, ruler of the universe. Even the composition of Uranus makes it the butt of jokes - ...

The seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus is named after the Greek god of the sky. British astronomer William Herschel discovered it with the aid of a telescope March 13, 1781. Uranus is the ...

Assuming you’ve accepted Pluto’s demotion, Uranus and Neptune are the two planets in our Solar System farthest from Earth. That distance means humanity is still learning a lot about them. Some of ...