ESO’s HAWK-I infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has captured a deeper view of the Orion Nebula’s core. Looking like an interstellar Frisbee, the dark feature in these two ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

The background image, taken in the infrared, is itself a composite ... A kind of super-massive version of the Orion Nebula, it’s is one hundred times larger and the biggest star-forming region ...

The Orion Nebula. Credit: NASA ... The JWST makes its most important observations in the infrared, which human eyes can't see ...

Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space ... Herschel, which viewed the heavens in infrared light, launched in May 2009 and ended its mission ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Orion Nebula, highlighting two young protostars, HOPS 150 and HOPS 153. These prot ...

"Based on the amount of infrared versus other wavelengths of ... as it plows into the surrounding gas and dust of the Orion Nebula." HOPS 153's jet and surrounding environment will continue ...

Meanwhile, Spitzer’s infrared view exposes carbon-rich molecules ... Studying areas like this, and the Orion Nebula, in particular, has offered scientists some powerful insights into the forces ...

Based on the amount of infrared light HOPS 150 is emitting ... visible as it plows into the surrounding gas and dust of the Orion Nebula. The transition from tightly swaddled protostar to fully ...

This week’s small telescope target is the magnificent Orion Nebula, also known as M42. And although for this podcast I’ve categorized it as a “small telescope” target, you can spot this ...