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.

The Orion Nebula is a region of star formation 1,350 light-years from Earth, located in the belt of the northern hemisphere constellation of Orion. It has long been studied by astronomers, ...

The entire region of the sword of Orion can be seen in the photo. The Running Man Nebula, or NGC 1977, is visible to the left of the image. [ Read the Story Behind This Photo Here ] ...

This spectacular image of the Orion Nebula, complete with its incredibly rich star-formation region, ... More was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very ...

These results are important for studies of the Orion region as well as the improvement of theoretical models of high-mass star formation. Since 1609, when Galileo Galilei first pointed a telescope ...

The Orion nebula, which has spawned more than 1,000 low-mass stars and at least half a dozen massive ones, is the youngest region of massive-star birth in the Orion constellation. Figure 1: The ...

Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 imaged this region of the Orion Nebula (M42). The nebula’s gas clouds form a stellar nursery, a region of ongoing star formation.

The Orion Nebula can actually be seen from Earth with the naked eye. The region looks like a fuzzy blotch within the Orion constellation, and it spans 24 light-years.

A German astrophotographer has captured a dazzling image of the Orion Nebula from his back garden. Reinhold Wittich took the colourful photograph from his backyard observatory using a 12 inch f/4 ...

The Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33, and its companion, the Flame Nebula, sit near the star Alnitak in Orion’s Belt. Today, we know that the Horsehead is a dark, light-gobbling nebula ...

DURING the night of September 30 I succeeded in photographing the bright part of the nebula in Orion in the vicinity of the trapezium. The photographs show the mottled appearance of this region ...