How did Uranus get its name? Uranus (officially pronounced yur-un-us) was the god of the sky in ancient Greece, but actually was not the first choice for the seventh planet’s name.

On March 13, 1781, the seventh planet in our solar system, Uranus, was discovered completely by accident. An amateur British-German astronomer named William Herschel had been looking through his ...

Uranus has its roots in Roman mythology This is a composite image of Uranus by Voyager 2 and two different observations made by Hubble - one for the ring and one for the aurorae. Courtesy of NASA ...

But, Johann Elert Bode intervened, and managed to get the planet named Uranus, after the Greek god of the sky.

(Uranus is also the only planet to be named after a Greek god rather than a Roman one.) Bode's colleague, Martin Klaproth, supported his choice and named his newly discovered element "uranium." ...

Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the planet 38 years ago.

An unofficial space exploration account on Twitter asked the internet to name an upcoming mission to the planet Uranus. Mayhem ensued.

However, the custom for a mythological name ultimately prevailed and the new planet was finally christened Uranus after the Greek god of the sky.

Uranus is the butt of a lot of jokes, but scientists pronounce the name of our seventh planet differently than, say, most giggling middle-schoolers.

MetaBallStudio's latest size comparison video ranks all the known moons of Uranus and Neptune using London as a backdrop.