Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars ...

The Orion Nebula, the closest massive star-forming region to Earth, ... Situated 1,300 light-years away beneath the three stars of Orion’s Belt, the nebula is a hotspot for star formation, ...

This infrared image of the Orion Nebula features plenty of dust, but no stars. In these infrared wavelengths, it’s possible to see hotspots where new stars are forming. ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Both stars lie in the Orion Nebula, a colossal region of star formation roughly 1,450 light-years from Earth. ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally, M. Robberto.

“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 ...

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 ...

Stars don't last forever. Old stars eventually die and new ones are born from great clouds of gas and dust in space. (See our page on the Lives of Stars.)The best known and closest site where ...

One of the most truly spectacular objects in the entire sky is the celebrated Orion Nebula, a star-birth factory 1,300 light-years from Earth. It's so bright that it can be seen with the naked eye ...

If you look closely at the constellation Orion, you will see that the star at the centre of the figure’s sword isn’t a star at all. It is the Orion Nebula, Earth’s nearest massive star ...

Astronomers have spotted a swarm of young stars in the famous Orion nebula in the midst of their growing pains — a turbulent phase when the fledgling stars mature into adulthood.

The best known of the latter is the iconic Orion nebula, a gas cloud so huge and bright that it’s visible to the naked eye despite being about 1,300 light-years from Earth.