The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again unveiled astonishing celestial phenomena, most notably the discovery of ...

This emission is strongest under conditions which are intermediate between those in the interior of nebula and those in the dense cloud.

This work in progress is situated in the Orion Nebula, a luminous cloud of interstellar gas and dust about 1,500 light-years away. Its star is about 1 million years old—a baby, in astronomy terms.

More information: Emilie Habart et al, PDRs4All: WST's NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula, Astronomy & Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346747 ...

Astronomers offered a new hypothesis for what created pairs of objects nicknamed JuMBOs, while other scientists argue they may not really exist. The Orion Nebula, top, seen from La Hayuela ...

The Flame Nebula and its surroundings are moving away from our perspective on Earth, with the red clouds in the background receding faster than the yellow ones in the foreground.

Mysterious Dark Shadows Observed Across Orion Nebula ... we actually see protostellar jets in absorption against the background,” Dr McCaughrean told IFLScience.

The Orion Nebula is located just 1,350 light-years away from Earth. Because of its relative closeness to Earth, the star-bearing nebula has been a study point for astronomers for decades.

Studying areas like this, and the Orion Nebula, in particular, has offered scientists some powerful insights into the forces that build the objects we see in the cosmos.

Within the Carina Nebula is Eta Carinae, a binary star system whose largest Sun had a super-bright “Great Eruption” in 1843. It still fluctuates in brightness— just like Betelgeuse in Orion .