William Herschel: The Discovery Of Uranus

The discovery of Uranus is something I find very interesting. William Herschel was an organist by trade, but he was very intrigued by astronomy. He began making his own telescopes so that he could see more than what was found by the telescopes of his day. Herschel came across Uranus by chance. He was looking for evidence of life on other planets, but eventually noticed the movement of something that he thought was a comet. Others around him suggested it may be a planet. There were people doing research on it, and they eventually concluded that Herschel had discovered a planet. This is so important, because up until Uranus was discovered, the world had no record of any discovered planets. This was the first planet to have the discovery recorded.