The Horsehead Nebula, one of the most famous formations of the cosmos, has just been revealed in a stunning new light. Here's what to know about the Horsehead Nebula, and what NASA says are "the ...

The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) is a dark nebula composed of cold gas and dust, situated within the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. Its iconic silhouette is observed against a brighter background ...

DALLAS (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has revealed the sharpest images yet of a portion of a horse-shaped nebula, showing the “mane” in finer detail. The Horsehead Nebula, in the constellation ...

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In photodissociation regions (PDRs) like the Horsehead Nebula, ultraviolet radiation from young, massive stars creates hot regions of gas and dust between the ionized gas surrounding the star and the ...

The famous Horsehead Nebula has been literally seen in an entirely different light, as NASA's Spitzer captures it in infrared. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the sharpest infrared view to date of a portion of the famous Horsehead Nebula, an iconic cloud of dust and gas that’s also known as Barnard 33 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of the best-known objects in the sky, the Horsehead Nebula strikes a memorable figure, ...

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 ...