How Did Uranus Get Its Name? Though English astronomer John Flamsteed was the first person to record observations of Uranus in the 1690s, he thought it was a star. Sir William Herschel gets the credit ...

Uranus has been the butt of a lot of jokes (stop giggling). And it doesn't help that it's huge — roughly four times the size of Earth — or gassy with an atmosphere comprised partly of methane. Or, as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But when Tyson said, “You could say ‘Ur-anus’ until you’re like 8,” Harvey was not having it. Harvey got right in his scientist ...

Uranus is the butt of many jokes for obvious reasons. But how do scientists pronounce the name of the planet-and who named it that in the first place? Though English astronomer John Flamsteed was the ...