A new mission concept, recently presented at the 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, promises to take humanity one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...

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 was discovered as the seventh planet of the solar system. Discovered by astronomer, William Herschel, he attempted to name the planet after King George III. Instead, it was named after the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Throughout most of recorded history, humankind had known only six planets, five in the sky — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — plus Earth once it became generally accepted in the 17th century ...

On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...