The Orion Nebula is one of the best must-see attractions in the Pottsville sky, and it is even more impressive once you get ...

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The Orion Nebula is one of the best “must-see” attractions in the Butler night sky, and it’s even more impressive once you get to know more about this gargantuan star factory. There’s enough material ...

ESO’s HAWK-I infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has captured a deeper view of the Orion Nebula’s core. Looking like an interstellar Frisbee, the dark feature in these two ...

The Orion Nebula is located just 1,500 light-years away, making it the closest large star-forming region to Earth. Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. The Orion Nebula (M42) is ...

Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars ...

Hubble reveals stunning image of the Orion Nebula Protostars HOPS 150 and HOPS 153 reshape their surroundings Jets from HOPS 153 influence star formation in the nebula ...

Hydrogen is responsible for the red glow of the Orion nebula. (Image: Contributed) In the middle of the glowing core you can see vibrant bright new stars. In the wispy clouds around the middle of the ...

The Orion Nebula. Credit: NASA ... but sometimes what's visible through binoculars or an optical telescope can be underwhelming. So why are all those press-release images so pretty?