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 dark side, ...

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New images of the Orion Nebula from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have been included in ESA’s ESASky application, which has a user-friendly interface to visualise and download ...

This is a composite image from several filters that represents emission from ionized gas, hydrocarbons, molecular gas, dust and scattered starlight. Most prominent is the Orion Bar, a wall of dense ...

The New Year of 2026 began at the stroke of midnight today, and four minutes later the brightest star in the sky, Sirius in Constellation Canis Major — the greater hunting she-dog of Orion —transited ...

Sky Shorts author says Orion a favorite constellation, and shares key details to find and appreciate its beauty.

No moon. Clear skies. A perfect time to look at the Orion Nebula. It's easy to find. Face southeast around 7 o'clock and look for three bright stars in a close-set row not quite vertical to the ...

This one-million-year-old star-forming region contains thousands of new stars and hundreds of planetary mass objects floating freely in the nebula, not orbiting stars. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

The Orion Nebula is one of the best “must-see” attractions in the sky, and it’s even more impressive once you get to know more about this gargantuan star factory. There’s enough material there to ...

The Orion Nebula is one of the best must-see attractions in the Pottsville sky, and it is even more impressive once you get to know more about this gargantuan star factory. There is enough material ...