This year was historic for space research and exploration, and we have the photos to prove it. Read on to see some of 2024's most jaw-dropping space images, from galaxies to giant rockets.

The brightest stars for the longest nights For me, the dazzling constellations that surround the well-known figure of Orion are the highlight of the winter sky.

From a breathtaking mosaic of colours, to mysterious celestial objects, check out these 7 captivating images of Orion nebula captured by NASA.

Using JWST, astronomers confirmed that some proplyds in the Orion Nebula surround brown dwarfs, providing new insights into these faint star-like objects and their potential planetary systems. Newborn ...

Newborn stars are surrounded by disks of gas and dust within which planets are born, known as protoplanetary disks. In the Orion Nebula, the brightest and most massive stars emit intense ultraviolet ...

A James Webb Space Telescope image showing the spectrum of light from objects in the Orion Nebula, known as Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, among some of the fainter lines.

The Horsehead Nebula, a celestial icon, has been captured in the sharpest infrared images to date by the James Webb Space Telescope.

The Great Nebula in Orion is one of these places, and it’s sometimes called a “stellar nursery.” The Orion Nebula is visible to eyes unaided within “Orion’s sword”, just south and east of Orion’s ...

An international team of scientists, operating under the name PDRs4All (Photodissociation Regions for All), has found the destruction and re-formation of a large quantity of water at the heart of the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared gaze sheds new light on the Orion nebula, an icon of the night sky ...