Orion Nebula

Cold gas and dust in Orion form filaments with bundles of individual “fibers” about a light year long. The four bright stars (left) are the Trapezium, the center of the famous Orion Nebula. ​​​​​​​Credit: ESO/H. Drass/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/A. Hacar
Orion's filaments of star birth
Phil Plait
Mar 23, 2018

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A spectacular wide-field shot of Orion's Belt, featuring the Horsehead, Flame, and Orion Nebula (and lots of other stuff too). Credit: Derek Demeter
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The Orion Nebula shows up in just a tiny piece of the massive Zwicky Transient Facility image of the constellation. Credit: Caltech Optical Observatories
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A 500 trillion km long streamer of ammonia in Orion
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A huge filament of ammonia glows in centimeter light (displayed here as orange) superposed on the Orion Nebula (blue), and is the site of the formation of many stars.
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Lost in Light II
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Earth's equatorial belt ... of satellites
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Orion Nebula
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500 years ago, a huge multi-star collision in Orion triggered a ridiculously powerful cosmic explosion
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Gemini + ALMA observations of the event
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Rolf Olsen image of part of the Orion Nebula
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