In a paper presented at the National Astronomy Meeting in Preston from 16 20 April, Dr Stuart Eves of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited will challenge the orthodox view that the rings around the ...

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 ...

On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. Before Herschel discovered Uranus, other astronomers had seen it before, but no one realised it was a planet ...

Percy Bysshe Shelley's verse-drama Prometheus Unbound (1819) has long been recognised as a work in which Shelley makes extensive use of astronomical imagery as a metaphor for revolutionary political ...

Here is a trivia question: Not including our own planet Earth, how many planets are visible without using any optical aid, be it binoculars or a telescope? Most people will usually answer five: ...

III. IN the concluding chapter of his Memoir Prof. Holden presents a Review of the scientific labours of William Herschel designed to enable the general reader to follow the course of his work and ...

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II. HERSCHEL'S removal from Bath to Datchet appears to have been brought about by the unwillingness he felt, at the time of his visit to London, to continue the toils of teaching, which, with the ...

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