Like every major planet in our solar system, Uranus is named for a god of ancient Greece and Rome (The dwarf planets of the outer solar system, on the other hand, are paying tribute to a much more ...

Uranus is a strange world, knocked on its side and with a lopsided magnetic field. Its moons may be even odder, and a mission to the system could revolutionize what scientists know about these worlds.

Uranus has the most extreme seasons in the solar system because it spins on its side at a tilt of about 98 degrees, according to NASA. While the sun shines over one pole, the other pole is plunged ...