Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this month ...

The Moon is nearly at Last Quarter phase, leaving the evening hours open for deep-sky observing. Let’s start about two hours after sunset, when Orion the Hunter is already about 30° high in the ...

The Orion Nebula has long been one of humankind's most studied regions of space. Now, though, James Webb has given us a look at the Orion Nebula that we've never been given before. Where Hubble and ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside. That would be a mistake, considering how many celestial sights that you ...

Orion's back! Few sights are as welcome as the three stars of his Belt glinting between bare branches. Throw in a bright moon to light up the snow, and you've got the perfect excuse for a winter ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured two stunning wide-field mosaics of the grandiose Orion Nebula, a large region of star formation that's one of the closest stellar nurseries to the solar ...

"Breathtaking" images of a stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are revealing intricate details about how stars and planetary systems form. The images, released ...

Of all the deep-sky objects visible from mid-northern latitudes, the Orion Nebula (M42) is by far the most spectacular. To the unaided eye, it faintly shines as the middle star in Orion’s Sword, ...

Orion is one of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky, and within the constellation is a beautiful nebula that is a busy region of star formation. A stunning image of the Orion nebula ...