Now, William Herschel is finally being recognised in the city he once called home. To mark the 25th anniversary of the Sunderland Symphony Orchestra (SSO), the group has arranged for a blue plaque ...

The work of Caroline and William Herschel. videoThe work of Caroline and William Herschel This vlog style film introduces the work of Caroline Herschel and and her brother William Herschel.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

William Herschel inadvertently discovered infrared radiation. He blackened the end of a sensitive mercury thermometer and utilized it in a measuring system to examine the heating properties of unique ...

As soon as Mayer had convinced himself that energy can not be destroyed, and that the energy of the earth comes mainly from the sun, he began to study what Sir William Herschel had called “the ...

The cluster contains more than 600 stars, but most of them are not visible to the naked eye. The Christmas Tree Cluster was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel. A year later, Herschel revisited the ...

Fargo Mayor Herschel Lashkowitz (left) with Fargo native and New York Yankee Roger Maris and an unidentified man. It is believed the mayor was presenting a proclamation to Maris at Yankee Stadium in ...

Copies and enlargements of fingerprints from Hooghly district in West Bengal, India, sent to Galton by Sir William Herschel. The prints were taken from the same people in 1878 and 1892 and the two ...

Sirius, the Dog Star, is difficult to ignore. Ostentatiously scintillating on the southern horizon right now, the “Searing ...