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 ...

In this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across, Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light, including tens of thousands of ...

The findings, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics ( "The Solar System’s Passage through the Radcliffe Wave during the ...

Look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42)—our solar system came from that direction." The increased dust from this galactic encounter could have had several effects.

Spend three minutes getting lost in space. A video released by NASA this week shows the well-known Orion Nebula in a new way. The 3D visualization of the nebula allows the viewer to get a bird's ...

The 1840s eruption created the Homunculus Nebula, transforming this binary star system into a unique object. Its cause remains unknown. The giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue ...

rion Nebula: Believed to be the cosmic fire of creation by the Maya of Mesoamerica, Messier 42 blazes brightly in the constellation Orion. This stellar nursery, is only 1,500 light-years away ...