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James Webb Space Telescope sees the Orion Nebula in striking new light (images)

The Orion Nebula may be a familiar and well-studied celestial object, but new images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show this star-forming cloud of gas and dust in an incredibly new and vivid light. The Orion Nebula, also known as “Messier 42” (M42), is located approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation… Read More »

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the sky, will almost disappear next week. Here’s how to see it.

A photograph of Betelgeuse taken by the Hubble telescope.Andrea Dupree (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Ronald Gilliland (STScI), NASA and ESA Betelgeuse, one of our brightest stars, will nearly disappear on December 12. This is because it is a “once in a lifetime” event, such as an asteroid blocking the star’s light. Amateur astronomers can monitor the event… Read More »