Orion Nebula (M42)

The closest large star-forming region to Earth, visible to the naked eye just below Orion's belt.

Hubble found protoplanetary disks in it, like the one our Solar System probably formed from 4.5 billion years ago.

Sources

1. NASA Hubble Messier Catalog, Messier 42

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