Nearly two and a half centuries ago, in December of 1781, musical composer and amateur astronomer William Herschel was ...

Let’s get it out of the way now. Any comments that might come to mind when you hear the name of the seventh planet from the sun pronounced a certain way—keep them to yourself. No giggles. Absolutely ...

A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth. While it is comparatively ...

A new moon has emerged in orbit around Uranus, adding another member to the planet's growing celestial family.

MOSCOW, Idaho – A new moon has been discovered orbiting Uranus, thanks to a team led by the Southwest Research Institute and including University of Idaho’s Matthew Hedman, a physics professor. The ...

If ever there were a planet that looked drunk, Uranus is it: the blueish-tinged planet spins on its side, like it has toppled over after a long night. And research presented last week at the annual ...

Uranus, often referred to as the planet of cosmic rebellion, challenges traditional norms to forge new pathways. As a generational planet, it moves more slowly than the personal planets, taking ...

Uranus stinks and there's scientific proof. Researchers confirmed Monday the seventh planet from the sun has an upper atmosphere full of one of the smelliest chemicals known to humans, hydrogen ...

Most people have seen the five brightest naked-eye planets, yetthere is a sixth planet that can be spied without optical aid—the planet Uranus. Of course, you'll have toknow exactly where to look for ...