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" I have looked further into space than ever human being did before me. I have observed stars of which the light, it can be proved, must take two million years to reach the earth.

[Having identified Uranus (1781), the first planet discovered since antiquity.] "

William Herschel


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William Herschel quote : I have looked further into space than ever human being did before me. I have observed stars of which the light, it can be proved, must take two million years to reach the earth.<br /><br />[<i>Having identified Uranus (1781), the first planet discovered since antiquity</i>.]