YOUR correspondent, Mr. Earwaker, should have mentioned that the list of appearances of the Aurora Borealis given in M. de Mairan's work is chiefly derived from another enumeration in Prof. Frobes ...

The Orion Nebula (Messier 42) is the nearest star-forming region to Earth. It is located in the Orion Constellation, just below Orion's Belt.

Orion Nebula: This nebula, referred to as De Mairan's Nebula, is divided from the Orion Nebula by a dark lane of dust. This picture depicts young stars forming a gap in the star-forming area known ...

Astronomers have peered into a teeming stellar nursery in the Tarantula Nebula - a colossal cloud of gas and dust next door to our galaxy - gaining new understanding of the dynamics of star ...