Nebulas are spectacular clouds of gas and dust where stars come to life and fade away. Their radiant beauty has captivated ...

One of the most famous nebulae, the Horsehead Nebula (pictured right), is named for its resemblance to a horse's head due to a thick cloud of dust accidentally obscuring the bright nebula. This is ...

The night sky is full of shapes that evoke human awe. Among them, the Horsehead Nebula remains a favourite. Astronomers say this dark cloud resembles a horse’s head only by chance. The Horsehead ...

In 1979, a small ivory tablet dating back to between 32,500 and 38,000 years was discovered in a cave located in the Ach Valley, Germany. The tablet contained a carving that depicts a man-like figure ...

It's time to take a cosmic road trip using light as the highway and visit four stunning destinations across space. The vehicles for this space get-away are NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James ...

The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most iconic spectacles in astronomy, having been imaged and photographed from a myriad of telescopic instruments, including amateur telescopes, ground-based ...

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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 ...

A close-up of the "mane" of the Horsehead Nebula, located some 1,300 light-years from Earth. This view was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument. NASA, ESA, CSA, K.

Focused on the part of the sky where you can spot the constellation Orion (“The Hunter”) on clear nights, the James Webb Space Telescope’s latest dispatch blinks in astonishing images from an area ...

NEW YORK — NASA recently used its James Webb Space Telescope to capture ethereal, detailed images of the Horsehead Nebula. The nebula, which NASA has called "one of the most distinctive objects in our ...

DALLAS — 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 Orion, ...