The first six planets in the solar system have been visible to observers throughout human history and were named for Roman gods. But because it orbits so far from the sun, Uranus was not visible ...

Second, Saturn is the father of Jupiter in mythology, and Uranus’s Roman counterpart (Caelus) is the father of Saturn, making a neat hierarchy in the order of the planets. The element uranium ...

It was just … everything.) There is an exception to the Roman-god rule: Uranus. Moving outward from Earth, Mars is (sometimes) the son of Jupiter, and Jupiter is the son of Saturn. So who is ...

The planet Uranus is named for an ancient Greek sky god, whose name is also – much less entertainingly – spelled Ouranos. If astronomers in the late 1800s had stuck with Roman names ...

Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing ...

Uranus has 27 known moons. Instead of being named after figures from Greek or Roman mythology, its first four moons were named after magical spirits in English literature, such as William ...

the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Uranus. Whether we'll actually ever see a mission to Uranus any time soon remains tough to say. While a NASA-affiliated panel of experts recommended to visit ...