With this in mind, it is worth wondering which character from Greek mythology might have the closest connection to rain. As it happens, there is one famous figure whose very name connects him to rain.

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

Eventually, it was the German astronomer Johann Bode’s suggestion of Uranus – Saturn’s father, and thus Jupiter’s grandfather, in Greco-Roman mythology – that took off. By rights, it ...

Planets continue their nighttime shows, with eight visible at points during February, including Venus on Feb. 14.

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

Every voting Democrat chose to confirm her. But I’m doing it again. Here I am, the guy who wants to make Uranus fudge and bong recreation jokes taking this so much more seriously than Joe Biden ...

Unfortunate timing The first panel of this artist's concept depicts how Uranus's magnetosphere – its protective bubble – was behaving before the 1986 flyby of NASA's Voyager 2. The second panel shows ...

Learn about these 12 important Greek gods and goddesses and what their role was in Greek Mythology.

Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be visible splayed out in a long arc across the heavens, with Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn being ...