The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

Deep within the Orion Nebula, researchers are one step closer to understanding how Jupiter-mass binary objects (JuMBOs) form—a longstanding mystery in astrophysics The recent discovery of JuMBOs ...

The Orion Nebula is the only nebula that can be seen with the naked eye, despite being 1,344 light years away.

Deep within the Orion Nebula, researchers are one step closer to understanding how Jupiter-mass binary objects (JuMBOs) form—a longstanding mystery in astrophysics In a recent study, Dr. Richard ...

A kind of super-massive version of the Orion Nebula, it’s is one hundred times larger and the biggest star-forming region in our part of the Universe. It’s so luminous that if it was as close ...

This magnificent swirl of gas is made luminous by the ultraviolet radiation of hot young stars that are embedded in it. Its motions indicate that it may have begun to shine only some 23,000 years ago ...

At over 1,300 light-years from Earth, the Orion Nebula is a stellar nursery where new stars are born, making it one of the most studied objects in astronomy. Bangladeshi astrophotographer Zubuyer ...

Orion’s Belt also contains one of the finest sights of all, the Orion Nebula or M42. Around 1,270 light years from us, it’s a cloud of gas and dust that’s currently collapsing to form baby ...