The Pleiades, Ptolemy's Cluster, the Large Magellanic Cloud — here's how to center the sky's brightest deep-sky wonders in ...

Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.

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.

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.

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.

We put Starfield Optics' flagship Géar telescope — the Starfield Géar 115 Triplet APO — to the test. It did not disappoint.

Just look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), as our Solar System comes from that direction, explains Alves. One of the potential effects of this galactic encounter is the ...

Astronomers have uncovered the largest and most distant water reservoir ever detected in the universe. This staggering ...

After installing a software update that supposedly fixes a camera glitch, I tried astrophotography on my Galaxy S25 Ultra ...

Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45. A third ...

The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. Believed to be the cosmic fire of creation by the Maya ...

These tend to be the brighter examples of galaxies and nebulas, with classic examples being the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Orion Nebula (M42). Brighter stars can also be observed as bright ...