How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a ...

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Paul Sell (University of Florida); Acknowledgement: Leo Shatz The Flame Nebula is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years ...

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earning the cosmic structure the nickname "flame-throwing guitar." Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope show how the nebula and the pulsar, formally known ...

Brown dwarfs are hotter and brighter in their youth, and that makes them easier to spot in a young nebula like the Flame Nebula, which is around 1 million years old (if that seems ancient ...

Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of specialized instruments, allows it to detect very faint emissions coming from ...

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The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space on April 24, 1990, ushering an array of scientific discoveries for the past 35 years.

Deep within the Flame Nebula, about 1,400 light-years away in the Orion constellation, hot cosmic gas and dust are fueling the birth of new stars. This area is less than a million years old and ...

This 2024 image from NASA’s Webb Telescope reveals the star cluster NGC 602 in the Small Magellanic Cloud, with candidates ...