A celestial oddity like this only adds to the galaxy’s haunting allure. Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) Few sights in the universe are as hypnotic as the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302. With vast, luminous ...

For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their winters along the California coast — huddling together in tall tree groves, finding respite from the wind from ...

The eldest son of Elizabeth and John Dickens was born in February 1812 on Portsea Island in the British city of Portsmouth, and moved around with his family in his younger years to Yorkshire and ...

Animal Pictures and Facts Learn all you wanted to know about animals with pictures, videos, facts, news, and more. Composite photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark ...