The Orion Nebula is a giant gas cloud 1,344 light years ... low-mass objects and 160 of these objects have the mass of planets, not stars. Produced by Michael Torres. Original reporting by Jessica ...

James Webb Space Telescope near-infrared survey of the inner Orion Nebula and Trapezium Cluster, they discovered and characterized a sample of 540 planetary-mass candidates with masses down to 0.6 ...

peppered with several small planet-forming disks. Within the Orion Nebula lies the Orion Bar, a sharp, diagonal, ridge-like feature of gas and dust. The Orion Bar is essentially the edge of an ...

They say it's an important discovery as this goes against our understanding of how planets and stars are usually formed and behave. The Orion Nebula - also known as M42 - is one of the brightest ...

Orion nebula—A large interstellar cloud of gas and dust giving birth to stars in the constellation of Orion, about 1,500 light-years away. Planet—An astronomical body with enough mass for its ...

A new view of the Helix Nebula reveals a dying white dwarf star at the nebula's center. This star's violent eating habits could be responsible for strange X-ray emissions in the region.

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the legendary space telescope’s launch, here are 35 of our favorite images it has ...

Planetary nebulae are a type of supernova ... Take for example the Orion Nebula. Forming the middle "star" in Orion's sword, the Orion Nebula is the only nebula visible to the naked eye.

Oceans define our home planet, covering the majority of Earth’s surface and ... Water molecules exist in the Orion Nebula and are still forming today. The nebula is composed mostly of hydrogen gas; ...