William Herschel was an Englishman in the late 1700s who became very interested in astronomy and fascinated at the question that other life existed beyond Earth. He began reading novels on astronomy and even began making his own telescopes to begin observing the vast night sky. Motivated in his belief that life existed outside of Earth, Herschel began searching the heavens for clues of foreign new life. On March 13, 1781, Herschel noticed something he hadn’t before. Presuming it to be a comet, he recorded his discovery. Herschel began telling his London colleagues about the discovery and pulled their thoughts together. London astronomer Nevil Maskelyne suggested to Herschel that it was a planet. Maskelyne’s prediction was confirmed by
