Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way.

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As impressive as the Orion Nebula is, it’s just the tip of a huge celestial birthing ground. We see only the lit-up part of the nebula. It’s actually several hundred light years in extent and ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.

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Orion Nebula: It is a cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation Orion. Thousands of stars are being born there. NGC 281: Dark, dense clumps of gas and dust known as 'Bok globules' can be ...

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Look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42)—our solar system came from that direction." The increased dust from this galactic encounter could have had several effects.

The cloud has a dark nebula which is centered 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi. NGC 346: It is a star cluster and nebula located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). This region is recognized as ...

The middle star in the dagger is actually not a star, but the Orion Nebula, which through a telescope is revealed to be a bright, gaseous cloud.