Deep within the Orion Nebula, researchers are one step closer to understanding how Jupiter-mass binary objects (JuMBOs) form—a longstanding mystery in astrophysics The recent discovery of JuMBOs ...
Many constellations are well-known for having one very special deep-sky object within their borders, something so famous that ...
At just 1,400 light-years from Earth, the Orion Nebula, M42, is visible to the naked eye as a faint smudge Jupiter-sized "planets" free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been ...
A new study by an international team of researchers, including a Penn State astronomer, used NASA's James Webb Space ...
The Great Orion Nebula glows from Orion's sword ... in the west. Great views in binoculars! On March 11, Uranus and Mars dance 0.4 degrees apart in the west. Spring arrives on March 20 in the ...
The Orion Nebula, top, seen from La Hayuela, Cantabria, Spain, in March.Credit...Pedro Puente Hoyos/EPA, via Shutterstock Supported by By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’ Callaghan reported on ...
Orion’s Belt also contains one of the finest sights of all, the Orion Nebula or M42 ... If you have binoculars, don’t hesitate—M42 looks wonderful with a bit of magnification.
The giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020) are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located 163,000 ...