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

Sir William Herschel's contributions to astronomy during the late eighteenth century are unrivaled. His lasting legacy is his dedicated all-sky survey of star clusters and nebulae, and these objects ...

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 ...

Still, that’s what we almost had. Yes, really. In March 1781, in Bath, England, the astronomer William Herschel became the first person to recognize what we now call Uranus as a planet.

Astronomer Sherry Suyu from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics on comet-hunter Caroline Herschel, the first salaried female ... It was only her older brother William who pulled her out of this ...

New visitor to our solar system 'sends a shiver down the spine' of scientist studying it ...

Discovered by British astronomer William Herschel over 200 years ago, NGC 2500 lies about 30 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Lynx. As this NASA/ESA Hubble Space ...

Ever since 1784, when astronomer William Herschel proposed that Mars’s inhabitants “probably enjoy a situation in many respects similar to ours”, we have been dreaming about Martian life.

This is barred spiral galaxy NGC 7479 located in the Pegasus constellation about 105 million light years and discovered in 1784 by the German astronomer William Herschel. Its central bar is ...

2. William Herschel opens up the invisible universe 3. 1800–1950: slow progress – the moon, planets, bright stars, and the discovery of interstellar dust 4. Dying stars shrouded in dust and stars ...

NGC 4707 was first described way back in 1789 by astronomer William Herschel, and his notes at the time match up well with what we see today. Of course, Herschel could never have imagined that we ...

Or for short… WILLIAM HERSCHEL: The CN. CAROLINE HERSCHEL: This catalogue is the result of the key skills of scientific method used in astronomy. CAROLINE HERSCHEL: This involves making real ...