This was the first working reflecting telescope. Other designers proved unable to grind mirrors with a regular curvature, so the reflector remained largely a curiosity until the mid-18th century ...

An 18th-Century telescope, considered the "finest" example of its kind, has gone on display in Somerset. The Herschel Museum of Astronomy, in Bath, has acquired the Gregorian Reflector telescope ...

Since May this year, the aurora borealis (northern lights), has at times been visible further south than usual over Britain, ...

Sir William Herschel's contributions to astronomy during the late eighteenth century are unrivaled. His lasting legacy is his dedicated all-sky survey of star clusters and nebulae, and these objects ...