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Image: Hubble captures young stars changing their environments
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away ...
10 jaw-dropping images of Orion Nebula shared by NASA
ESO’s HAWK-I infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has captured a deeper view of the Orion Nebula’s core. Looking like an interstellar Frisbee, the dark feature in these two ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
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The Orion Nebula: A Glimpse Into The Universe’s Nursery
Easily visible to the naked eye, with a magnitude of 4. , where new stars are being born from the gas and dust. The intense ...
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Hubble telescope unveils stunning insights into Orion Nebula’s protostars
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Orion Nebula, highlighting two young protostars, HOPS 150 and HOPS 153. These protostars are actively shaping their surroundings ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
Hubble’s work opened the door to the study ... Some were gaseous, star-forming regions, such as the Orion nebula, or M42 – the 42nd object in Messier’s catalog – while others were star ...