Scientists have created the most detailed portrait ever of the closest known star factory, the Orion Nebula. They have also uncovered new details about the stellar winds responsible for carving out ...

Looking near the heart of the Orion Nebula, this JWST image captures the Orion Bar. The Orion Bar is the fairly straight, diagonal feature that marks the transition from the hot ionized gas near the ...

The Orion Nebula is one of the brightest star-forming regions visible in the night sky even with the naked eye. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

stars at its core, the famous Trapezium stars. objects in the night sky (see for example the various related ESO Press Photos and Releases: ESO Press Photo 03a/98, ESO Press Photos 03a-d/01, ESO Press ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the majesty of the gorgeous Orion nebula in tremendous detail. The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared an extremely high-resolution version of ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) just released a pair of giant mosaic images of the Orion Nebula, and they’re worth exploring. Just 1,500 light years away, the Orion Nebula is so close that you can ...

A stellar nursey in the Orion Nebula promises to reveal early-stage star formation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's newest ...

With the fall season now underway; and the Orionid meteor shower now over, it is a great time to explore the wonders of the constellation Orion as it rises in the east just after midnight. Welcome, ...

With the New Year here and the season of winter under way, we explore the January 2022 skies for a most memorable group of stars know as Orion the Hunter. Rising in the eastern sky right after sunset, ...

The boundary between planets and stars is a bit muddled up. Sure, it is clear why the Earth is different from the Sun – but when you have gas giants like Jupiter and stellar objects like brown dwarfs ...