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The Orion Nebula, top, seen from La Hayuela, Cantabria, Spain, in March.Credit...Pedro Puente Hoyos/EPA, via Shutterstock Supported by By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’ Callaghan reported on ...

At just 1,400 light-years from Earth, the Orion Nebula, M42, is visible to the naked eye as a faint smudge Jupiter-sized "planets" free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been ...

The Pillars are a prominent feature of the Eagle Nebula, located about 6,500 light-years from Earth. These spires of dust are a buffet of star-forming material — and you can spot some of the ...

Why it's so special: The Rosette Nebula is a big deal. At about 130 light-years across, it's roughly five times the size of the Orion Nebula — the closest star-forming region to Earth — and ...

Fittingly nicknamed the Dark Wolf Nebula, this cosmic cloud was captured in a 283-million-pixel image by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. Located around 5300 ...

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Discover how a giant interstellar cloud known as the solar nebula gave birth to our solar system and everything in it. The solar system as we know it began life as a vast, swirling cloud of gas and ...

The Anker Nebula Cosmos 4K SE is a laser and LED smart projector capable of projecting 4K Dolby-Vision-enhanced imagery up to 200 inches. It was first released in the US, followed by the UK in ...

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