Messier, better known as the Orion Nebula, is roughly 1,344 light-years away in our spiral arm of the Milky Way. The nebula is very huge, which is around 40 light-years in diameter. For your convenience to perceive the distance, it’s worthy of noting that Earth is around 8 light-minutes away […]

By using the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile, a group of astronomers has captured a new image of a glowing cloud of cosmic gas and dust known as Gum 15. By using the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope […]