Scientists with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are thrilled as the sensitive telescope has detected a special molecule for the first time. The Orion Nebula is a beloved object of the night sky.

The Orion Nebula is the closest large star-forming region, located within the Milky Way just 1,500 light-years from Earth.

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

Last Friday night at my Mechanicsburg night sky program we looked at the planet Jupiter, a couple galaxies and a couple constellations. Despite the cold, folks stayed for the last and most exquisite ...

The Orion Nebula is famous for its beauty, but it was also the site of a recent exciting scientific discovery. The James Webb Space Telescope has detected an important molecule in a planet-forming ...

New images of the Orion Nebula from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have been included in ESA’s ESASky application, which has a user-friendly interface to visualise and download ...

(CNN) — New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed surprising pairs of planet-like objects in the Orion Nebula that have never been detected before. The Orion Nebula, a glowing cloud ...

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Dark, billowing clouds sweep across a stunning new view of a large star-forming area of the Orion constellation. These dense interstellar clouds of gas and dust comprise a dark nebula, formally known ...