In the Southern Hemisphere is the spectacular Carina Nebula, the brightest and largest nebula in Earth's sky. This beast glows with the brightness of a 1st-magnitude star and covers some 300 light ...

The scene pictured here is on the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula, the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local universe. At its center, the Tarantula Nebula hosts the most ...

The nebula is huge, spanning 650 light-years in diameter. It's one of the most intense star-forming regions around, and in fact the largest in the Local Group of galaxies, which include the ...

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) detected the magnetic field streamlines shown over this image of the Keyhole Nebula, part of the larger Carina Nebula, captued by the ...

The Rosette Nebula is a star-forming region in the Milky Way galaxy that looks like a rose. It's located in the Monoceros constellation, about 5,000 light years from Earth.

Orion Nebula: Located constellation Orion that's visible to the naked eye. It's a stellar nursery where thousands of stars ...

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Pity the poor constellation Monoceros. The faint Unicorn is outshone by famous constellations like Gemini, the Twins, to the north and Orion, the mythic giant, to the west.