DEET won’t keep a mosquito from approaching, but it can stop her (all mosquitoes that suck blood are female) from biting by ...

Saturn and Neptune are joined by the crescent Moon in the early-morning sky as our satellite moves along the ecliptic.

The Dusty Hand spans some 80,000 light-years across, making it somewhat smaller than the Milky Way, and has sported two ...

From a dark site, an 11-inch telescope will reveal several hundred galaxies here, so take your time and be sure of your ...

Listen, you really don’t want to get your dad a tie or another pair of socks for Father’s Day. And a gift certificate to some restaurant he goes to frequently is boring. Instead, why not surprise that ...

M104, also known as the Sombrero Galaxy, is an edge-on spiral visible with binoculars or a telescope in Virgo this evening.

NGC 520 is a bright and highly distorted galaxy in the constellation Pisces, discovered by William Herschel in 1784.

The Integral Sign Galaxy (UGC 3697) glows dimly and shows a warped, twisted structure indicative of past interactions.

The Hubble Space Telescope image of the Tarantula Nebula's outskirts shows colorful stars, billowing gas clouds, and thick ...

Our satellite may seem like it has it all together, but in truth, it’s a little off-balance.

Last Quarter Moon occurs at 7:59 A.M. EDT. This phase of the Moon offers observers a chance to focus on our satellite’s ...

Calling this object a “nebula” is a bit of a misnomer, but galaxy IC 2574 does feature impressively large star-forming regions.