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 ...

M any 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 dark ...

Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. , where new stars are being born from the gas and dust. The intense ...

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

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away ...

Hydrogen is responsible for the red glow of the Orion nebula. (Image: Contributed) In the middle of the glowing core you can see vibrant bright new stars. In the wispy clouds around the middle of the ...

Orion’s Belt also contains one of the finest sights of all, the Orion Nebula or M42. Around 1,270 light years from us, it’s a cloud of gas and dust that’s currently collapsing to form baby ...

Megeath Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. The recent photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures two of these ...