Only 0.1° north-northeast of the Orion Nebula’s center lies M43 (NGC 1982). It is often called De Mairan’s Nebula in honor of its discoverer, French mathematician Jean-Jacques D’Ortous de ...

NGC 2281 shines at magnitude 5.4 ... and ride This week’s large-telescope target is the famous Horsehead Nebula in Orion the Hunter. Because it occupies the 33rd slot on American astronomer ...

Explore the breathtaking beauty of the cosmos with these seven rare images of star clusters, captured by NASA's Hubble Space ...

Glimpse Into the Orion Nebula The Hubble Space Telescope’s latest Picture of the Week offers a stunning glimpse into the ...

Hubble captures images of young stars HOPS 150 and HOPS 153 The Orion Nebula remains a key star-forming region near Earth Stellar jets from HOPS 153 influence surrounding star formation ...

Many constellations have one very special deep sky object within their borders, something so famous that when you say, read, or hear that constellation's name you instantly think of it, like an ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth’s point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. In its center ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures extraordinary images of young stars, shedding light on star formation in the Orion Nebula.

What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

In a stunning revelation, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has peered into the cosmic cradle of star formation, capturing an extraordinary view of young ...

The Great Orion nebula, also known as Messier 42, and Running Man nebula, also known as NGC 1977. Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also ...

Messier 42 better known as the Orion Nebula, with the unaided eye from a dark sky site. This stellar relic, first spied by William Herschel in 1787, is nicknamed the Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392) because, ...