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

Sky Shorts author says Orion a favorite constellation, and shares key details to find and appreciate its beauty.

One of the most famous and recognizable asterisms of the night sky is the Belt of Orion, a tight belt of three bright stars (Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka) in the constellation of Orion, which has given ...

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

A Polish photographer's image showing nebulae above the Tatra Mountains has been selected as NASA's picture of the day on ...

This week, around the same time the sun sets in the west, Orion — winter’s most prominent constellation — rises in the east.

Here are some of the most beautiful pictures of the nebula, which were taken with the help of NASA's James Webb telescope.

Astronomers offered a new hypothesis for what created pairs of objects nicknamed JuMBOs, while other scientists argue they may not really exist. The Orion Nebula, top, seen from La Hayuela, Cantabria, ...