English naturalist and explorer. He and Alfred Russel Wallace left England in 1848 to explore and collect insects in the Amazon basin in what was to become incredibly valuable explorations and insights into natural history and evolution for... — full article
Beta PictorisThis is an artist's concept of the near stellar environment of the star Beta Pictoris. This illustration is based upon recent observations made with the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope... — full article
Black Eye Galaxy [M 64, Messier 64, NGC 4826]Messier 64 (M 64) has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the 'Black Eye' or 'Evil Eye' galaxy... — full article
Boomerang NebulaThe Boomerang Nebula is a young planetary nebula and the coldest object found in the Universe so far. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is yet another example of how Hubble's sharp eye reveals surprising details in celestial objects... — full article
Bug Nebula [NGC 6302]The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is one of the brightest and most extreme planetary nebulae known. The fiery, dying star at its centre is shrouded by a blanket of icy hailstones... — full article