The #Orion #Nebula, also known as #Messier 42 (or M42 for short), is the #nearest #star-forming region to #Earth, located approximately 1,350 light-years away and is about 2 million years old according to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The billowing clouds of gas and dust are located in the Orion Constellation, just below Orion’s Belt.
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