Yes, really. In March 1781, in Bath, England, the astronomer William Herschel became the first person to recognize what we now call Uranus as a planet. It was a history-making discovery in ...

Orbiting the Sun at an average distance of 2.9 billion kilometres - more than 19 times further out than the Earth - Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with the aid of a telescope, in 1781.

Giggle. This film explores the evolution of our understanding of the solar system, highlighting the significant discovery of Uranus by William Herschel in 1781. It discusses how the Voyager 2 ...

However, it has no moons. Discovered in 1781, Uranus is the seventh planet in the solar system. Uranus spins in the opposite direction to Earth and most other planets; the spin is called ...