Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. The Orion Nebula (M42) is located just below Orion's Belt, offering a stunning view of stellar birth. Best observed in the month of January, ...

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

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 ...

the Orion nebula. The 'M' stands for Messier catalogue objects, that name coming from the French astronomer Charles Messier, whom compiled the original list of astronomical objects in the late 18th ...

Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars ...

Hubble reveals stunning image of the Orion Nebula Protostars HOPS 150 and HOPS 153 reshape their surroundings Jets from HOPS 153 influence star formation in the nebula ...

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 ...

These smudges of color become troves of scientific data. Take for example the Orion Nebula. Forming the middle "star" in ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a mesmerizing new image of the Orion Nebula. It is a star-forming region, and its distance from Earth is about 1,500 light-years. This breathtaking view ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula. (Credit: T.A.Rector (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA)) ...