Summer nights offer lots of interesting sights this month. Mercury and Mars are on show in the evening twilight. Both Uranus ...

A ghostly white river is coursing over the continent this month. It isn’t fog, and it isn’t cloud. It’s the packed heart of ...

Moving from the outer layer inward, the first layer is the corona — the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that is actually hotter than the sun’s surface. This is followed by the chromosphere — a ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an extraordinary view of the Orion Nebula, the closest star-forming region to Earth, located approximately 1,500 light-years away. This new image highlights ...

The Orion Nebula can be seen with the naked eye as a fuzzy patch surrounding the star Theta Orionis in the Hunter’s Sword, below Orion’s belt.. The nebula had been known since the beginnings of ...

Dozens of massive planet-like objects, observed by the James Webb Space Telescope in the Orion Nebula, are believed to hold clues about stellar formation and disruption.These objects, referred to as ...

October is an excellent time for stargazing in Clarion County, with the Orion Nebula being one of the key highlights of the night sky. Located in the sword of the constellation Orion, the nebula ...

The Orion Nebula is located just 1,350 light-years away from Earth. Because of its relative closeness to Earth, the star-bearing nebula has been a study point for astronomers for decades.

More information: Emilie Habart et al, PDRs4All: WST's NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346747 ...

The Orion Nebula, nicknamed M42, is a famous celestial object in the Milky Way. It’s located within the Orion constellation, easily recognizable by its three bright stars in a row. Unlike a single ...

The James Webb Space Telescope spent part of its weekend studying a fascinating inner region of the Orion Nebula.. Orion is a familiar constellation in the night sky, recognizable by the “belt ...