Birthplace of the suns: The integral-shaped filament, the two star clusters above the filament, and cloud L1641 in the south can be seen on these images of the Orion A star formation region. The ...

The reason is simple: Orion demands our ... includes 471 open clusters. Some are ... sits to its south and 6th-magnitude HD 36881 lies to its north. The southeastern star in Orion’s ...

MORE TO EXPLORE. Embedded Clusters in Molecular Clouds. Charles J. Lada and Elizabeth A. Lada in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 41, pages 57–115; September 2003.. The Orion ...

Recent data captured by NASA's Chandra Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope has cast doubt on the basic model that accounts for the creation of star clusters. The data, collected from studies ...

The star cluster pictured here is the NGC 2024 in the so-called Flame Nebula, about 1,400 light years from Earth. Just take a second to think about all the stars being born in there. More Must ...

MORE TO EXPLORE. Embedded Clusters in Molecular Clouds. Charles J. Lada and Elizabeth A. Lada in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 41, pages 57–115; September 2003.. The Orion ...

Astronomers have long thought that star clusters form when clouds of gas and dust condense, constructing themselves from the center out. But as recent findings suggest, this might not be the case.