Many know the Great Orion Nebula (M42) in Orion’s Sword as a bright diffuse nebula — a glowing cloud of cosmic gas illuminated by the Trapezium star cluster. But the Orion Nebula also has a dark side, ...

This is a composite image from several filters that represents emission from ionized gas, hydrocarbons, molecular gas, dust and scattered starlight. Most prominent is the Orion Bar, a wall of dense ...

The Orion Nebula is the closest large star-forming region, located within the Milky Way just 1,500 light-years from Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

With no Moon in the evening sky, let’s visit a favorite gem that’s now well above the horizon in the few hours leading up to midnight: the Orion Nebula (M42). Hanging below the easily recognized belt ...

Astrophotographer Emil Andronic spent nearly 70 hours capturing the light of a beguiling reflection nebula near the head of the hunter in the constellation Orion, revealing impressive detail in the ...