In this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across, Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light, including tens of thousands of ...

M any know the Great Orion Nebula (M42) in Orion's Sword as a bright diffuse nebula - a glowing cloud of cosmic gas illuminated by the Trapezium star cluster. But the Orion Nebula also has a dark ...

Explore the wonders of the night sky with our guide to the best celestial sights you can observe with binoculars between ...

Look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42)—our solar system came from that direction." The increased dust from this galactic encounter could have had several effects.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

That fuzzy splotch, visible to the naked eye when it is really dark (and easily seen through binoculars) is the Orion Nebula. Throughout the nebula (which is about 30 light years wide), we see a ...

Spend three minutes getting lost in space. A video released by NASA this week shows the well-known Orion Nebula in a new way. The 3D visualization of the nebula allows the viewer to get a bird's ...

The 1840s eruption created the Homunculus Nebula, transforming this binary star system into a unique object. Its cause remains unknown. The giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue ...

The middle star in the dagger is actually not a star, but the Orion Nebula, which through a telescope is revealed to be a bright, gaseous cloud.

The Orion Nebula, 1,344 light-years away, shines in vibrant colors and serves as a stellar nursery for new stars. The Helix Nebula, 650 light-years away, resembles a cosmic eye formed by a dying ...

This dark nebula, made of dust and super-cold gas, lies in the constellation Orion the Hunter. You’ll need a dark observing site and a large telescope, something like an 11-inch Celestron.