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

The latest research results indicate that these famous star clusters represent the different phases of life of one and the ...

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“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.

Despite the Flame Nebula's fiery appearance, these clouds are actually very cold, with temperatures just a few tens of degrees above absolute zero, which is equivalent to about minus 459 degrees ...

NASA explains: Gaseous swirls of hydrogen, sulfur, and hydrocarbons cradle a collection of infant stars in this composite image of the Orion Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the ...

The famous Horsehead Nebula can also be seen in this image, towards the top right of NGC 2023. All three nebulae are part of the Orion cloud, a giant gas structure located around 1300 to 1600 ...

New images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope pierce through thick layers of stardust and gas, revealing the most-detailed look yet into the heart of the Orion Nebula. In 2017, an ...

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.

The Orion Nebula: A Star Nursery by Andrew Fraknoi Stars don't last forever. Old stars eventually die and new ones are born from great clouds of gas and dust in space.

The Orion Nebula—also known as M42—is a stellar nursery, home to newborn stars. It’s the closest such region to us in space and maybe, just maybe, where our own star, the Sun, formed about 4 ...