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 ...

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 ...

Most planets spin like tops around the sun. But one planet in the solar system breaks all the rules. Uranus is the weirdest world in our solar system. It rolls around the sun like a giant blue barrel.