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Astronomy History
4 questions tagged Astronomy History — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
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Which planet was the first discovered with a telescope?
Uranus was the first planet discovered with a telescope, by William Herschel in 1781.
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Which planet was found by mathematical prediction before observation?
Neptune was the first planet discovered through mathematical prediction. It was observed in 1846 after calculations by Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams.
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Where was the first space telescope launched from?
The first major space telescope, Uhuru, was launched from Kenya into Earth orbit. It lifted off on 12 December 1970.
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Whose observations first showed that the Milky Way is made of countless stars?
Galileo Galilei’s telescopic observations in 1610 revealed that the Milky Way resolves into many individual stars. This changed the idea of the night sky forever.
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