You are reading this blog sitting on a Pale Blue Dot which is a part of a Solar System which is a part of an even larger structure called as Milky Way Galaxy or also known as “Aakash Ganga” in Indian Astronomy. The Milky Way was seen since around 400 BC but the earliest identification of the Andromeda galaxy was during the 10th Century as a “small cloud”.

William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, the 1st planet found with the telescope. He called the planet “The Georgium Sidus” to flatter King George III of England. The name “Uranus”(Greek God) was first proposed by German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in line with the other planetary names – which are from Greek mythology. …