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 ...

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

One of the first constellations amateur astronomers come to recognize, the Queen offers observers many worthy sights.

[chuckles] I'm a famous astronomer and physicist ... The work of Caroline and William Herschel. videoThe work of Caroline and William Herschel This vlog style film introduces the work of Caroline ...

One of the many things that makes our Earth really special is the presence of an oxygen atmosphere. This oxygen richly contributes to various processes happening here on Earth, making the planet a ...

This isn’t a new development—in fact, this strange galactic quirk was likely hiding in plain sight when German astronomer William Herschel first spied NGC 5084 back in 1785. However, thanks to a new ...

It was first cataloged by William Herschel in 1785, and has been well studied since ... and the center itself is bright and dusty. Led by astronomer Alejandro Borlaff of the NASA Ames Research Center, ...

It was discovered on September 10, 1785 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel. NGC 337 is the largest and brightest member of the NGC 337 group (also known as LGG 15), a small group that ...