Friday, March 4, 2011: The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope produced this stunning image of the well-known Horsehead Nebula.It is part of an enormous cloud of molecular gas and dust obscuring ...

Horse dentition has uniquely allowed for bits — they have a space between their canines and cheek teeth where a bit can rest on the gums, known as the “bars” of the mouth.

MR. J. H. REYNOLDS delivered his presidential address to the Hoyal Astronomical Society on February 14, taking as his subject the “Galactic Nebulae”. At the moment, it may be said that the ...

THIS may seem a bold question, for it is commonly believed that Sir William and Sir John Herschel—the Ajax and the Achilles of the astronomical host—have long since proved that many of the ...