Also known as the Orion nebula, Messier 42 (M42) is located at a distance of around 1344 lightyears from the Earth, and it is also the nearest star-forming region to our planet. It is part of a ...

It lies just south of the Orion Nebula (M42). Yet another pair ties for lucky 13, with first up the open cluster Collinder 121 in Canis Major. You’ll find it less than ½° south of Omicron1 ...

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A century ago, Edwin Hubble revolutionized our understanding of the universe by proving that the Milky Way is just one of ...

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 ...

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Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have explored the lowest mass limit of brown dwarfs within the Flame Nebula, a hotbed of star formation in the constellation of Orion. The ...

Binoculars never get enough credit when it comes to stargazing. They don’t have as much light-gathering ability and ...