If our 13.8 billion-year-old cosmos could be considered middle-aged, researchers note these new images captured around its ...

That fuzzy splotch, visible to the naked eye when it is really dark (and easily seen through binoculars) is the Orion Nebula. Throughout the nebula (which is about 30 light years wide), we see a ...

an emission nebula located in the constellation of Orion. This nebula is a busy stellar nursery, with many new stars being formed there. But it isn’t stars which researchers were interested in ...

Look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42)—our solar ... encountered by the sun while sailing through our galaxy. More information: E. Maconi et al, The Solar System's ...

Orion Nebula: A hidden world of ... Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE). This high-resolution image captures the galaxy's intricate dust clouds, with colour coding ...

Just look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), as our Solar System comes ... We are inhabitants of the galaxy, and ESA’s Gaia mission has allowed us to trace our recent route ...