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 ...

Orion? The Orion Nebula ... Consider these Shy Five… C The Skull Nebula, NGC 246, is a planetary nebula roughly 1,600 light-years from Earth. It is also known by some observers as the Pac ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star ...

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 ...

Everybody Loves a Cluster with a Nebula This is NGC 2264, the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster. The bright stars ...

The Horsehead Nebula is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The stunning image is captured by James Webb Space Telescope. The stunning image of NGC 9524 is captured by Hubble Space ...

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

Here are 8 stunning nebula images captured by NASA which includes Horsehead Nebula, M1: Crab Nebula, Cone Nebula NGC 2264, Helix Nebula, Butterfly Nebula and more.

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 ...