Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. With Earth directly between Uranus and the Sun, the seventh ...

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 ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, is often noted for its unusual tilt and icy composition. However, a lesser-known but intriguing fact about Uranus is the peculiar odor of its atmosphere, which ...

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 ...

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 ...