He proposed the name "Georgium Sidis" in honor of King George III, but his peers disagreed. Instead, they opted for "Uranus," ...

The seventh planet from the sun was first discovered on 13 March 1781 by William Herschel, a German-British astronomer.

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from ...