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

While rockets today take humans to space as often as earthbound folks drive to the grocery store, traveling beyond the ...

A famous example of an emission nebula is the Orion Nebula, a huge, star-forming nebula in the constellation Orion. The star V830 Orionis shines on the cloud of material left over from its formation, ...

Orion Nebula: It is a cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation Orion. Thousands of stars are being born there. NGC 281: Dark, dense clumps of gas and dust known as 'Bok globules' can be ...

The Orion Nebula is a emission nebula, that is, a huge clump of ionized gas that shines due to the intense radiation of hot, young stars. It extends for approximately 24 light years and is visible to ...

Two young stars have been captured in a new image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, located in the Orion Nebula, a well-known region for star formation. The stars, named HOPS 150 and HOPS 153, are ...

Two different views of the Horsehead Nebula. On the right is a view of the nebula in visible light, taken using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile (eso0202a). The ...

A famous example of an emission nebula is the Orion Nebula, a huge, star-forming nebula in the constellation Orion. As per NASA, a reflection nebula called NGC 1999 lies close to the famous Orion ...

Officially known as NGC 7023, is the Iris Nebula because of its flower-like shape, is a bright reflection nebula. The stunning 'California Nebula' is an emission nebula located in the constellation ...

Emission nebula: The Orion Nebula A diffuse nebula with ongoing star formation, the gas here is hot enough to glow with its own light.

More information: Emilie Habart et al, PDRs4All: WST's NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346747 ...