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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

According to the orthodox view, the rings around Uranus were detected during an experiment in 1977. Now, a scientist has re-evaluated a claim made in 1797 by astronomer Sir William Herschel that he ...

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 ...