Strange Universe With Bob Berman Strange Universe 10/27/19 WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Bob Berman Published October 27, 2019 at 9:39 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen • 2:30 WikiImages from Pixabay William Herschel discovered Uranus a little over 200 years ago and it created a sensation that still has no equal. Uranus, the third largest planet is now at its closest and brightest of the year.