The Orion Nebula. Credit: NASA ... The red hue is evidence of ionized hydrogen, which gives off visible light at a wavelength of 656.3 nm. Likewise, the green is from a rare "forbidden" behavior ...

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 ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

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 ...

Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth ... the jet HOPS 153 has emitted is brightly visible as it plows into the surrounding gas and dust of the Orion Nebula." HOPS 153's jet and surrounding ...

Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. It is classified as a planetary nebula, an ...

Orion Nebula: Located constellation Orion that's visible to the naked eye. It's a stellar nursery where thousands of stars ...

A part of space 4,000 light-years away is filled with baby ... Two views of the Lagoon Nebula, visible on left, infrared on right. Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI "Located at the center of the photo ...

Several constellations such as the Orion will also be visible. Temperatures are expected to drop to 0 C, so a message from the organizer: dress warmly.