On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Before Herschel discovered Uranus, other astronomers had ...

New images of Uranus show the planet in blue, the upper atmosphere in red, auroras in lighter red spots and rings in white.

So, it came as a shock to many people when, in 1781, it was announced that a seventh planet, the first to be discovered since ...

On March 10, 1977, astronomers discovered rings around Uranus! [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Astronomers ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus. NASA announced the discovery on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 11, 1787, the English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered two moons at Uranus! Oberon and Titania were the first ...

Scientists taking another look at data collected from the Voyager 2 space probe from more than 30 years ago have discovered that the gas giant Uranus appears to have a giant magnetic bubble that is ...

Uranus, the seventh planet in our solar system, is often mocked for its name. However, did you know that this was the first name it got? In fact, its initial name was deemed even more controversial.

San Antonio's Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is over the moon about its latest discovery. Leading a James Webb Space Telescope Survey, scientists from the foundation have discovered a new ...