The Orion Nebula is located just 1,500 light-years away, making it the closest large star-forming region to Earth. Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. The Orion Nebula (M42) is ...

With the advantage of modern telescopes, though, we can see that some of those colorful points of light are "true ... of ...

Many 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 ...

Hubble reveals stunning image of the Orion Nebula Protostars HOPS 150 and HOPS 153 reshape their surroundings Jets from HOPS 153 influence star formation in the nebula ...

But the Orion Nebula also has a dark side, formed by its lanes and clouds of dust. They frequently avoid scrutiny, as the surrounding brightness tends to steal the show. But you can easily train ...

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula. (Credit: T.A.Rector (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA)) ...

Megeath Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. The recent photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures two of these ...

What's the old saying? A watched kettle (or star?) never boils? Our object of interest in this feature is M42, the Orion nebula. The 'M' stands for Messier catalogue objects, that name coming from the ...

Gaze deeper into the night sky with the best deep space telescopes, perfect for stunning views of the Beehive Cluster, the Orion Nebula and other cosmic wonders. Are you looking for a telescope to ...

Between two clusters of new stars sits the famed Orion Nebula, all of which look like one bright star surrounded by a shadowy ghoulish nebula. You’ll see some features, but not all that many ...