Many know the Great Orion Nebula (M42) in Orion’s Sword as a bright diffuse nebula — a glowing cloud of cosmic gas illuminated by the Trapezium star cluster. But the Orion Nebula also has a ...

below Orion’s belt. The nebula had been known since the beginnings of recorded astronomy as a star, but it is so outstanding that it was first noted as an extended nebula in 1610, only a year after ...

Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star formation: the Orion Nebula, which is the nearest massive star-forming region to ...

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Out of all the astrophotography shots I captured with the OnePlus 13, my imaging of M42 the Great Orion Nebula is my favorite. It’s one of the most iconic deep space targets in the night sky ...

Just 1,500 light-years away, the Orion Nebula is visible to ... and an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at ... Using the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ...

Just 1,500 light-years away, the Orion Nebula is visible to ... and an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at ... An international team led by astronomers at Leiden ...

The nebulosity of hydrogen gas is revealed with the use of a “Hydrogen-Alpha” filter in an astro image of the Cygnus ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious ...

HOPS 153 is a significantly younger stellar object than its neighbor, still deeply embedded in its birth nebula and enshrouded by a cloud of cold, dense gas. While Hubble cannot penetrate this gas to ...

Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in February 2025: If you've been outside just after sunset in the ...