Miguel Claro captured the Orion Constellation glowing red due to hydrogen gas, as seen from the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve in ...

Undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful objects in the night sky is the Great Orion Nebula, also known as M42, which shines in the southwestern sky in March. Skip to main content.

NASA pointed out, the Mayans called it the "Cosmic Fire of Creation." That’s an appropriate name as it is a stellar nursery.

The Orion Nebula (M42) and Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) may reign supreme among star-forming regions in the Milky Way, but they pale in comparison to the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070). The Tarantula ...

This wide-field view captures a broad swath of the star-forming Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, spanning the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) to the Orion Nebula (M42). The imager used a 54mm f/4.5 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's latest image: the Orion Nebula NASA, ESA, CSA, PDRs4All ERS Team, S. Fuenmayor With its recognizable belt of three stars, Orion is one of the best known ...

Of course, when you study the Orion nebula with a 6.5-meter-wide space telescope tuned to infrared light, your view becomes exponentially better.

The Orion Nebula is a region of star formation 1,350 light-years from Earth, located in the belt of the northern hemisphere constellation of Orion. It has long been studied by astronomers, ...

Then we see three images of the nebula corresponding to the three lines, whose relative intensity d'Arrest found to be 100, 24, and 71. To see the fourth line is of course very difficult.

January’s nights are unquestionably the most dramatic of all of wintertime’s skies and among the most awe-inspiring of the year. Now is also the time that the hunter becomes the hunted.

Orion is the great hunter in Western mythology. He is accompanied in the sky by two dogs, seen as Canis Major and Canis Minor. Toward the west, he is facing Taurus, the bull.