Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 11: Io and Europa cross Jupiter Now that spooky season is upon us, let's chase some cosmic ghosts. Tonight we're ...

Think of it this way: only around 10,000 decently sized meteorites slam into Earth per year. Meanwhile, the planet is ...

(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 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured images of planet-like structures known as Jumbos in the Orion Nebula. Image courtesy European Space Agency Oct. 2 (UPI) --New images from the James Webb Space ...

In 1993, when the Hubble Space Telescope surveyed the Orion nebula for the first time, its images provided a substantial boost for the argument that stars with planetary systems are commonplace in the ...

A new image of a proplyd with a comet-like appearance has deepened the mystery of these radiation-proof planetary nurseries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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The boundary between planets and stars is a bit muddled up. Sure, it is clear why the Earth is different from the Sun – but when you have gas giants like Jupiter and stellar objects like brown dwarfs ...

NGC 2024, or the Flame Nebula, is a large star-forming region that makes up part of the Orion constellation and resides roughly 1,400 light-years away from Earth. Besides the Flame Nebula, the Orion ...

The close proximity of Venus and the Crab Nebula (M1) in the predawn sky offers a modern parallel to the supernova observation of 1054 AD, allowing for simultaneous viewing of both celestial objects.