... Also known as NGC 2024, the nebula's suggestive reddish color is due to the glow of hydrogen atoms at the edge of the giant Orion molecular cloud complex some 1,500 light-years away. ... This composition in stardust covers almost 2 degrees on the sky, close to the border of the zodiacal constellation Aries and the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. ... The EPOXI spacecraft imaged the jets in unprecedented detail during its flyby of the comet earlier this month. ... A Massive Star in NGC 6357 . ...