One of the most well-known nebulas of the night sky — the Horsehead nebula — all but disappears in a new infrared NASA image. In the new photo, captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the shadowy ...

The Horsehead Nebula's dusty shape all but disappears in infrared wavelengths, as seen in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The Horsehead is a small part of the Orion Molecular Cloud ...

This new Hubble image, captured and released to celebrate the telescope’s 23rd year in orbit, shows part of the sky in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). Rising like a giant seahorse from ...

Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the star-forming Horsehead Nebula is located 1,300 light-years away in the Orion Constellation. When you purchase through links on our ...

Looming in the night sky as if they are about to collide, the Horsehead and Flame nebulas shine in this spectacular image by an amateur astronomer in Georgia. Skywatcher Greg Hogan took this image on ...

This image of the Horsehead Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope focuses on a portion of the horse’s “mane.” It was taken with Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). Mid-infrared light ...

PR Photo 02a/02: View of the full field around the Horsehead Nebula. PR Photo 02b/02: Enlargement of a smaller area around the Horse’s “mouth” ...

Well folks, looks like I have your next desktop wallpaper for you: a Spitzer Space Telescope image of the incredible Flame Nebula, a star-forming gas cloud hanging off Orion’s belt: Spitzer is an ...

On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit, on its way to revolutionizing astronomy. This week marks the 23 rd anniversary of that event, and to celebrate, astronomers ...

Giant wispy clouds of gas and space dust rise to heights of 5-light years “tall” in this new image of the Horsehead Nebula that comes to us courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Horsehead Nebula ...