The Orion Nebula is located just 1,500 light-years away, making it the closest large star-forming region to Earth. Easily ...

This week’s small telescope target is the magnificent Orion Nebula, also known as M42. And although for this podcast I’ve categorized it as a “small telescope” target, you can spot this ...

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 ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away ...

This one is rife with active star-formation in its surrounding nebula of gas and dust and is known to astronomers as M42, the Orion Nebula. It seems to have a large number of low-mass stars bound ...

Hydrogen is responsible for the red glow of the Orion nebula. (Image: Contributed) In the middle of the glowing core you can see vibrant bright new stars. In the wispy clouds around the middle of the ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star formation: the Orion Nebula, which is the nearest massive star-forming region to ...