Orion and Canis Minor constellations and Sirius above horizon on a cold winter night. (Image credit: Eerik/Getty Images) The Great Orion Nebula is a vast cloud of extremely tenuous glowing gas and ...

This emission is strongest under conditions which are intermediate between those in the interior of nebula and those in the dense cloud.

IT is a fortunate circumstance for students of nebular astronomy that within a short time that branch of science has been enriched by a monograph and a photograph, each perfect in its way, of one ...

Of course, when you study the Orion nebula with a 6.5-meter-wide space telescope tuned to infrared light, ... And it’s a great reminder that the sky is full of such puzzles, ...

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 ...

Were they alone in space, they might be easier to explain. But their appearance in pairs, 42 of which are seen by the Webb telescope in the Orion Nebula, is baffling.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Great Nebula in Orion ” in SA Supplements Vol. 29 No. 738supp (February 1890), p. 11798 doi:10.1038 ...

LAST evening (March 7) I succeeded in obtaining a photograph of the spectrum of the great nebula in Orion, extending from a little below F to beyond M in the ultra-violet.

NASA pointed out, the Mayans called it the "Cosmic Fire of Creation." That’s an appropriate name as it is a stellar nursery.

Star Gazers 1 Min #1404M" Jan 27 - Feb 2,2014 "The Great Orion Nebula" ...

The eVscope 2 will get your Dad viewing the wonders of the cosmos in no time. Just find the target in the app, sit back and enjoy interstellar views all night long.