LLM travel writer Mary Isokariari discovers why the city of Bath is regarded as one of the top UK destinations for a luxury ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

These scientists may be lesser known than Einstein and Newton, but they made giant contributions to science, including astronomy, physics, chemistry and medicine. Isaac Newton once wrote, "If I have ...

Dr Victoria Fawcett has been named as the winner of the 2025 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship by the Royal Astronomical ...

Astronomers have found a remarkable pair of stars that may finally prove a long-debated theory. Described in the journal ...

Starting her career at 48, she bent a new art form to challenge the conventions of studio photography.

Appointed as the Kings’ Astronomer, he was Knighted and became Sir William Herschel in 1816 as well as the first President of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Courtesy of the Herschel Museum of Astronomy. | Herschel Museum of Astronomy. Now, William Herschel is finally being recognised in the city he once called home.

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope. This frigid planet, our solar system's third largest, remains a bit of ...

Further reading for William, John, Caroline and William James Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Sir John Frederick William Herschel Herschel Museum of Astronomy is in the city of Bath William ...

Michell was a friend of the astronomer William Herschel and was the first to determine that double or "binary" stars were in fact orbiting each other.

On March 13, 1781, William Herschel looked through his telescope and saw Uranus. It was a monumental discovery for the world of science, but that wasn’t the only reason it was impressive.