The Orion Nebula (Messier 42) is the nearest star-forming region to Earth. It is located in the Orion Constellation, just below Orion's Belt.

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

The Orion Nebula is laden with protoplanetary disks: future solar systems. Visible light views showcase stars, emission, and reflection nebulae.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a bright variable star, V 372 Orionis, and its companion in this festive image in this ...

The Orion Nebula is about 1,350 light-years away and more than 10 light-years across. Yet it represents only a small part of the great Orion Molecular Cloud.

“Breathtaking” images of a stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are revealing intricate details about how stars and planetary systems form.

The constellation Orion is home to a busy, glowing nebula. Data from telescopes has been used to create a three-minute, three-dimensional tour around its colorful caverns and bright star clusters.

Paper: G. Beccari, et al. Tale of Three Cities: OmegaCAM uncovers three discrete episodes of star formation in the Orion Nebula Cluster. Astronomy and Astrophysics DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730432 ...

Brian Davis took this photo of the Orion Nebula from a driveway in the suburbs of Sumter, S.C., over 3.5 hours on Jan. 1, 2012 using a QSI 583wsg camera, Stellarvue SVR105 4" APO Refractor ...

The Orion Nebula is probably the most studied object in the universe, outside our solar system. Watch: Kapow! Building the Classy Lego '66 Batmobile. video. Kapow!

The Orion Nebula is classified as an emission nebula — a cosmic cloud of dust and gas that shines by emitting its own light. Recent studies place its distance at about 1,300 light-years.

The Orion Nebula images will be examined by an international team of researchers that spans more than 18 countries. The team is currently waiting on spectroscopic data, ...