A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

How many planets are there? As with the discovery of Uranus, the answer depends on who you ask. Detail from Joseph Wright of ...

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide ...

Uranus is undoubtedly the most oddly named planet in our Solar System, but things could have been worse. After all, being the ...

Does the Biblical Noah appear in Greek mythology, and what is the connection of Noah's son, Japheth, and the son of Greek god Uranus, Iapetus?

To combat this, Einstein introduced a "fudge factor" to his equations called "the cosmological constant” represented by the Greek letter ... OK, enough Uranus jokes. We're serious about this ...

Mars currently has two satellite moons – Phobos and Deimos – the twin sons of Ares, the god of war (Mars in Roman mythology) ...

In February, astronomers spotted previously unknown moons orbiting Uranus and Neptune ... after a giant from Greek mythology—are 140 Milky Ways long, and could play an important role in shaping ...

Previously employed to find moons on Neptune and Uranus, "shift and stack" is a method ... Some include Aegir (Norse), Bebhionn (Irish), Calypso (Greek), Ijiraq (Inuit) and Erriapus (Celtic).