March 13 marks 240 years since William Herschel discovered Uranus The solar system’s seventh planet was officially discovered March 13, 1781. But Herschel wasn’t really the first to spot this ...

On March 13, 1781, the seventh planet in our solar system, Uranus, was discovered completely by accident. An amateur British-German astronomer named William Herschel had been looking through his ...

In 1781, William Herschel looked through his telescope and saw Uranus. William Herschel discovered a new planet with a telescope of his own design—and an assist from his sister Caroline.

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 ...

Uranus was the first of three planets in our solar system discovered thanks to the invention of the telescope. In March 1781 British astronomer Sir William Herschel spotted the glinting object in ...

The ice giant was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel in 1781, and finally recognized as a planet at that time. It had been seen in the night sky for millennia, but people simply ...

Uranus is the butt of a lot of jokes, ... English astronomer William Herschel discovered the ice giant in 1781 and tried unsuccessfully to name it after King George III, ...

Uranus is the butt of a lot of jokes, ... English astronomer William Herschel discovered the ice giant in 1781 and tried unsuccessfully to name it after King George III, ...

18th-century scientists William and Caroline Herschel discovered Uranus, infrared radiation and other celestial bodies. Now people are rediscovering Herschel's music.

FARGO — William Herschel was a famous astronomer most well known for discovering the planet Uranus, the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope. He was playing with prisms and ...