Credit: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes. One of the most prized telescopic dark nebulae is the Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Its widespread popularity comes from photographic images, not its visual impact ...

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 ...

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 ...

Animated map of Orion’s Horsehead Nebula showing 100 separate views in sequence. The yellow and white areas have the most intense radiation from carbon atoms ...

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 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 ...

NASA's Picture of the Day offers a haunting glimpse of the Horsehead Nebula, a celestial marvel sculpted by the forces of stellar winds and radiation. This striking interstellar dust cloud, located ...

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 ...

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, ...