via dailygalaxy.com Orion nebula is the nearest star forming region and it is a great observatory for further research star and planet formation. The new results of discovery of organic molecule in the nebula shall definitely change the probability equation of finding life elsewhere than on earth. The Herschel Space Observatory using the telescope’s heterodyne instrument [...]

ESO is releasing a magnificent VLT image of the giant stellar nursery surrounding NGC 3603, in which stars are continuously being born. Embedded in this scenic nebula is one of the most luminous and most compact clusters of young, massive stars in our Milky Way, which therefore serves as an excellent “local” analogue of very [...]