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John Steele Gordon on the scientific method & climate change.
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John Steele Gordon on the scientific method & climate change.
A look into the March night sky for some sky objects with rather unusual aspects.
How was Uranus discovered? March 1, 2021 at 8:27 am The planet Uranus was discovered on 13 March 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, making 13 March 2021 the 240 th anniversary of its discovery. And by a nice coincidence the planet will be well placed in the constellation of Aries on that date, giving stargazers a good chance of spotting it. Advertisement On 24 January 1986 we got our closest views of the ice giant to date, thanks to the Voyager 2 space probe. Passing the planet at a distance of just 50,600 miles and spending 6 hours within the Uranian system, Voyager is so far the only cra...