1 00:00:02,702 --> 00:00:06,506 THE WINTER ALWAYS BRINGS THE RETURN OF ONE OF THE TRUE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE 2 00:00:06,606 --> 00:00:08,908 THE ORION NEBULA. 3 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:12,779 LOOK SOUTHEAST ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK AT AROUND 7:30PM AND YOU'LL SEE A CONSTELLATION 4 00:00:12,879 --> 00:00:15,749 WHICH IS LOADED WITH BRIGHT STARS - ORION THE HUNTER. 5 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:18,818 THE BEST WAY TO FIND HIM IS TO LOOK FOR HIS BELT OF THREE STARS IN A ROW. 6 00:00:18,918 --> 00:00:23,323 BUT HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT ORION FOR A WHILE AND NOTICED THESE THREE MUCH DIMMER STARS, 7 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:25,058 THE SWORD OF ORION? 8 00:00:25,158 --> 00:00:30,130 BECAUSE RIGHT THERE IS THE ORION NEBULA, A GREAT COSMIC CLOUD WHERE NEW STARS ARE 9 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:31,364 BORN. 10 00:00:31,464 --> 00:00:34,467 NEW STARS ARE FLAMING INTO EXISTENCE THERE RIGHT NOW! 11 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:38,571 YOU CAN FIND FOUR OF THEM, CALLED THE TRAPEZIUM, IN A SMALL TELESCOPE. 12 00:00:38,671 --> 00:00:41,541 THE ORION NEBULA IS GIGANTIC; SPANNING OVER 13 00:00:41,641 --> 00:00:45,578 LIGHT YEARS IN DIAMETER AND THERE'S ENOUGH MATERIAL TO PRODUCE OVER 10 THOUSAND STARS 14 00:00:45,678 --> 00:00:49,382 THE SIZE OF OUR SUN THAT WILL GO ON TO LIVE FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS, MAYBE SPAWNING THEIR 15 00:00:49,482 --> 00:00:52,419 OWN PLANETS THAT WILL LOOK BACK AT US -- WHILE WE .. 16 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:56,519 KEEP LOOKING UP!