One of the night sky's grandest sights for binocular users- as well as anyone with a telescope- is the Great Nebula of Orion. Otherwise known as M42, you can actually see this with the unaided eye as ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X This image from NASA’s Spitzer missions shows Orion in a different light – quite literally! Note ...

Of all the deep-sky objects visible from mid-northern latitudes, the Orion Nebula (M42) is by far the most spectacular. To the unaided eye, it faintly shines as the middle star in Orion’s Sword, ...

It’s one of the most incredible naked eye sites in the night sky—and it’s now been imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The Orion Nebula—also known as M42—is a stellar nursery, home to ...

Detailed images of the Orion Nebula were captured by the James Webb telescope. Production of the images involved over 100 scientists from 18 countries, per AFP. The study of the nebula helps ...

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 Large ...

Last Friday night at my Mechanicsburg night sky program we looked at the planet Jupiter, a couple galaxies and a couple constellations. Despite the cold, folks stayed for the last and most exquisite ...

The Orion Nebula (M42) is one of the most impressive sights in the night sky — part of a complex of hydrogen gas that is producing a new generation of stars. It makes a terrific target during the ...

The mysteries of the universe are not always found in far away and unusual objects, sometimes they are hidden in familiar objects. Such is the case of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, which is ...

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

Many scientific terms are very specific, but the term nebula is, well, nebulous. In a very generic sense, it simply means a fuzzy thing. But there are a wide variety of astronomical objects that can ...