The Horsehead Nebula has captured the public's attention like few other celestial objects. And though its history is fascinating, it's also mysterious. On the night of July 27, 1913, astronomer E. E.

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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, ...

Composition and Dissipation: The Horsehead Nebula is comprised of dense, cold clumps of collapsing interstellar material that are slowly dissipating. Erosion has exposed the distinctive horse-like ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. These observations ...

Located just under Orion's Belt, the Horsehead Nebula joins other clouds of glowing gas and dust to create one of the galaxy's most memorable sights. The Horsehead Nebula, a dark cloud of cosmic dust ...

This image of the Horsehead Nebula from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope focuses on a portion of the horse’s “mane” that is about 0.8 light-years in width. It was taken with Webb’s NIRCam ...