On January 11, 1787, the English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered two moons at Uranus! Oberon and Titania were the first two Uranian moons ever discovered. The finding came just six years ...

German-born British astronomer Sir William Herschel is best remembered for discovering Uranus in 1781 as well as other celestial bodies, then infrared radiation in 1800. Many of these discoveries were ...

Uranus has the kudos of being the first planet discovered in modern history, though it nearly didn't happen. Astronomer William Herschel was charting stars in the Gemini constellation when he saw a ...

Astronomer William Herschel was looking up at the night sky on March 13, 1781, from his garden in England when he stumbled upon the seventh planet from the sun and the last to be discovered in our ...

In a paper presented at the National Astronomy Meeting in Preston from 16 20 April, Dr Stuart Eves of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited will challenge the orthodox view that the rings around the ...

John Frederick William Herschel was a man of many talents. Born in England during the late 18th century, he was an accomplished mathematician, chemist, and inventor. He created the Julian Day system, ...