ABSTRACT The nature of the structure of the Orion Nebula has become clearer but more complex. Quantitative application of simple photoionization theory has allowed construction of a three‐dimensional ...

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released a new trove of images capturing the Orion nebula this week—the ...

PDRs4All pointed Webb toward the Orion Bar, deep within the famous Orion Nebula, and collected a treasure trove of images and spectroscopic data. The main goal of the program is to unveil the ...

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 ...

Containing some of the very brightest stars in the night sky, Orion’s unmistakable Belt is just one of the key sights. Here’s a tour of the iconic constellation so you can star-spot while you ...

This JWST image ignores Orion's infamous belt to focus instead on his sword, where the Orion nebula — one of the biggest, brightest star-forming regions in the sky — lurks. Stretching 340 ...

The Orion Nebula sits 1,300 light-years away ... For example, the telescope recently detected an alien asteroid belt. It's in the Fomalhaut system about 25 light-years away.

Image caption, This is photographic plate B2312 in which Williamina discovered the Horsehead Nebula. The three black circles are the stars of Orion's belt. The Horsehead Nebula is circled just ...

Bicolour Veil Nebula, a remnant of a giant supernova ... of view at the top of this image), the easternmost star in the Belt of Orion, shines energetic ultraviolet light into the Flame and this ...