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 ...

L483 is named for American astronomer Beverly T. Lynds, who published extensive catalogues of "dark" and "bright" nebulae in the early 1960s. She did this by carefully examining photographic ...

It’s more than bright enough to see with the naked eye and very easy to find. Just as the name implies, the nebula resides in the great constellation Orion the Hunter. Even if you’re not all ...

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this Hubble Space Telescope image, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image.

Stunning James Webb Space Telescope images reveal new details about a pair of mysterious infrared rings around planetary ...

Lynds, whose work in the 1960s greatly aided the research into nebulae. Her thorough catalogues of "dark" and "bright" nebulae helped to chart regions where stars are born. These catalogues ...

The intense starlight that ionizes most of the nebula is believed to come from a bright, hot blue star located on the right side of the nebula. Lunar Outpost launches $250,000 space treasure hunt ...

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 ...

The bright central clump surrounding magnitude ... A 14-inch scope at 350x will reveal brightness differences along the face of the nebula, as well as several gaps and disassociated nebular ...

The nebula is located 160,000 light-years away ... double-star systems, bright stars that are still in the process of forming, and much smaller clusters of young stars," NASA said.

The Helix Nebula, also called NGC 7293, is a natural wreath surrounding a dying star. This breathtaking image of the Helix Nebula was captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The Helix Nebula is ...