The Orion Nebula offers a stunning view of star formation, showcasing everything from massive young stars that shape the nebula to dense gas pillars that could be cradles for newborn stars. At its ...

The closest such stellar nursery to Earth lies in the Orion Nebula, just below Orion's belt. There, molecular clouds have collapsed over millions of years, forming a cluster of new stars.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the N79 nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, O. Nayak ...

As more data piled up, 19th-century astronomers started to see that the nebulae were a mixed bag. Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier ...

Since the first confirmed discovery of an exoplanet in 1992 — one orbiting a star beyond our solar system — scientists have identified over 6,000 such worlds. Galaxies brimming with stars, it turns ...

The view is expected to include Mercury, Jupiter, Leo, the Pleiades, the Orion Nebula among other stars and planets. Outdoor sky tours will be conducted with green laser pointers, along with ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located in the Orion Nebula. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: ESA/Webb ...