New infrared image of Orion Nebula surprises ESO researchers

ESO/H. Drass et al. Music: Johan B. Monell (.johanmonell.com) A new image from the European Southern Observatory in Chile is making researchers reconsider what they thought they knew about the Orion Nebula. The image comes courtesy of the Very Large Telescope's HAWK-I infrared imager, and provides the deepest view of the nebula ever recorded. According to ESO, the imagery 'reveals many more very faint planetary-mass objects than expected.' Multiple infrared exposures were layered to get this new...