Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

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

Explore the wonders of the night sky with our guide to the best celestial sights you can observe with binoculars between ...

Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628, is an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, around 6,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. The Orion Nebula is a ...

I thought it was worth checking out two more features hidden in Orion before we wave him off, namely IC434 and NGC 2024, or by their more familiar personal names, the horsehead and flame nebula ...

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 ...

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.

The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. The star V830 Orionis shines ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula. Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars ...