image: The left panel shows the image of the nebula M42 taken at 90 GHz with the MISTRAL receiver. On the right, an overlay of the MISTRAL image with a wider-field image obtained by the Hubble ...

The Orion Nebula (M42) and Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) may reign supreme among star-forming regions in the Milky Way, but they pale in comparison to the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070). The Tarantula ...

Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45. A third category – ...

Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45.

Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star clusters such as the Pleiades, or M45.

Messier 42 better known as the Orion Nebula, with the unaided eye from a dark sky site. Appearing like glistening precious stones, M42’s Trapezium cluster, named for the trapezoidal arrangement of its ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a mesmerizing new image of the Orion Nebula. It is a star-forming region, and its distance from Earth is about 1,500 light-years.

Detailed descriptions of the Orion Nebula started appearing later in the 17th century, and it has been a popular target for anyone with a telescope ever since. Also known as NGC 1976, Messier 42, M42, ...

This stunning nebula was first catalogued by Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna in 1654. Orion Nebula: Believed to be the cosmic fire of creation by the Maya of Mesoamerica, Messier 42 ...

Orion Nebula: Believed to be the cosmic fire of creation by the Maya of Mesoamerica, Messier 42 blazes brightly in the constellation Orion. This stellar nursery, is only 1,500 light-years away ...