M42, the Orion Nebula, is a stellar nursery located in the Orion Spur of the Milky Way galaxy, approximately 1350 light-years away and over 10 light-years across; it's a component of the larger Orion ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) captured a stunning image of the Orion Nebula. The image was obtained from "multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO's Very Large Telescope in ...

Four astronauts are continuing with their intense training for the Artemis II mission that will fly them around the moon and back in a 10-day voyage. NASA’s huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will ...

Rising around midnight and nearly 50° high in the south two hours before sunrise is Orion the Hunter, one of autumn's premier constellations. As the season progresses, Orion will rise earlier and ...

Amateur astronomer Henry Draper and his wife, Anna, achieved the first astrophotographic capture of the Orion Nebula on September 30, 1880, utilizing an 11-inch refractor with a 50-minute exposure.