Sir Frederick William Herschel was a German-born British astronomer and composer who became famous for discovering Uranus. He also discovered infrared radiation and made many other discoveries in astronomy.
GLOBAL — If you're looking for some superb space and astronomy vodcasts, ESA has produced a series of informative video podcasts that explore our Universe as seen through the "eyes" of ESA's fleet of science spacecraft.
San Francisco, CALIFORNIA — Liz Keim, the director of the cinema arts program and senior curator at the Exploratorium, has been working at the museum since 1977.
Rome, ITALY — Four hundred years after he invented the first telescope, Galileo Galilei's legacy lives on, continuing to influence how the world views science and how science views the world and, of course, the universe.
Chandigarh UT, INDIA — Some times, the moon does not just limit itself to eclipsing the sun. It goes inter-stellar and hides far off stars behind it. Astronomers call such events occultations.
Victoria BC, CANADA — More students in the Greater Victoria school district can aim for the stars with the donation of 30 telescopes by the Victoria Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
Orland Park, ILLINOIS — Galileo would be proud. Four hundred years ago the father of modern astronomy used a telescope to peer into the sky and began to study the stars.
Pune, INDIA — Ten sculptors are to make a presentation of their work and inspiration at a two-day sculptors' symposium to be held on December 2 and 3 at the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA).