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 dark side, formed by its lanes and clouds ...

ESO’s HAWK-I infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has captured a deeper view of the Orion Nebula’s core. Looking like an interstellar Frisbee, the dark feature in these two ...

Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. , where new stars are being born from the gas and dust. The intense ...

How typical is the Orion Trapezium cluster ... This one is rife with active star-formation in its surrounding nebula of gas and dust and is known to astronomers as M42, the Orion Nebula.

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

February stargazing is fantastic for many reasons, but this year there’s a one-two-three punch of bright planets adding to ...

In this case, the Orion Nebula has already given birth ... intense ultraviolet radiation from the massive stars, collectively known as the “Trapezium.” Meanwhile, Spitzer’s infrared view ...

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 ...

These smudges of color become troves of scientific data. Take for example the Orion Nebula. Forming the middle "star" in Orion's sword, the Orion Nebula is the only nebula visible to the naked eye.

M any 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 dark ...