Herschel, the family name of three British astronomers.

Even now the nebula theory is being challenged by a new book on the origin of the planets, by two British astronomers.

The British astronomers were not the first to turn to eclipse observations for evidence as to the sun's size.

The design had been approved by a committee of leading British astronomers and scientists.

British astronomers are turning to colleagues abroad for help in research projects that don't require expensive new equipment.

Equipped with sophisticated instruments, it was entrusted to the care of a British astronomer.

"The crucial question is whether or not the companion we have detected has always been a planet," the British astronomers said in their report.

Petrou married a British astronomer, with whom she had one son before divorcing.

July 25 - British astronomers announce they have found what appears to be an extrasolar planet.

The British astronomer concludes that Mars has seasons and inhabitants.