Born in Beauty: Planet Formation in the Orion Nebula
December 16, 2009
Visible to the naked eye, only 1500 light-years from Earth, the great Orion Nebula has been known and revered since ancient times. A popular target of Hubble, researchers have now identified 42 new discs within it that could be the beginnings of new planetary systems like our own. Credit: ESA/Hubble
Topics:
Astrophysics, Messier objects, Astronomy, Human Interest, Nebulae in fiction, Nebula, Orion complex, Orion Nebula, Hubble Space Telescope
