Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing it as a planet. Credit: NASA/JPL / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain While ...

In Greek myth, Uranus, born from primeval chaos, is the god of the sky. Thiago – stock.adobe.com Uranus has been in Taurus since May 2018 and, beyond a brief dip into Gemini from July to ...

Herschel discovered Uranus while surveying stars in the night sky using a telescope that he had built himself. While observing one of these ‘stars’ he noticed it was orbiting the Sun and was indeed a ...

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The Greek gods — and the Roman gods they inspired — represent antiquity’s most well-known pantheon. Immortalized not just in ancient myths and legends, they’ve also given their names to the planets of ...

In other words, Uranus was having a bad hair day. Incidentally: NPR's Research department says that when the planet was discovered in 1781, the astronomer William Herschel tried to have it named ...

Strangely enough, this gives Uranus one other unique distinguishing feature — it's the only planet in our solar system named after a Greek deity among a pantheon of Romans.

Strangely enough, this gives Uranus one other unique distinguishing feature — it's the only planet in our solar system named after a Greek deity among a pantheon of Romans.

“Instead, the planet was named for Uranus, the Greek god of the sky.” Even with a powerful telescope, you’ll be unlikely to see Uranus Wednesday, as the night sky will be curtained by clouds.