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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I just rewatched Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," and I think the soundtrack's opening horn melody would go perfectly with this NASA pic. The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the Horsehead Nebula ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Webb Telescope captured this image of the Horsehead Nebula that revealed the small-scale structures of its illuminated edge. Image: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt (University of Arizona) and A.

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 James Webb Space Telescope took an extreme close-up image of the famouse Horsehead Nebula. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / K. Misselt / A. Abergel A favorite celestial target is getting the James Webb ...

The great Orion Nebula might be the easiest deep-sky object to spot, but to telescope-equipped skywatchers, the Horsehead Nebula is even more spectacular. Located along Orion's Belt, just south of the ...

The Horse Head Nebula is found in the South-West region of the Milky Way. It's easily found as it will always be marked with a blue label with "Noveria" on it, since that's one of the Missions Worlds ...