Situated 1,300 light-years away beneath the three stars of Orion’s Belt, the nebula is a hotspot for star formation, where ...

Stars near the shoulder of the hunter formed about 12 million years ago, the stars that make up the belt are about 8 million years old, and there are stars in the Orion Nebula that are still ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the weekend, which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

A team of astronomers recently tapped into JWST’s capabilities to explore the smallest objects in the Flame Nebula.

The Orion's Belt asterism (labeled "1" in the illustration above) is the starting point for finding the rest of the Orion constellation. It's made up of three stars that are almost perfectly ...

3. Hanging down below Orion’s Belt is his sword which is a small group of stars, as well as Orion’s Nebula. 4. Orion’s Sword marks about halfway between Orion’s Belt and his knees.