Formally known as Messier 44, the cluster is one of the closest of its kind to Earth. It will be visible throughout January, with the best viewing times after sunset and before midnight. While visible ...

When thinking about strange animals, we may automatically summon up an image of the famous blobfish with its sullen, slimy face, or the duck-billed platypus, a mammal that has somehow decided to lay ...

Physically magnifying objects using a key moisture-absorbing ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world. When you slip a slide under a microscope, a system of glass ...