Tuesday, April 30, 2024: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured incredibly sharp images of the Horsehead Nebula, one of the most iconic celestial bodies in the sky over Earth.
Two different views of the Horsehead Nebula. On the right is a view of the nebula in visible light, taken using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile (eso0202a).
Image caption, This is photographic plate B2312 in which Williamina discovered the Horsehead Nebula. The three black circles are the stars of Orion's belt. The Horsehead Nebula is circled just ...
Nebulae are vast clouds of gas and dust in space. They often originate from the remains of dying stars and also serve as nurseries for new star formation. The Pencil Nebula or NGC 2736, is a ...
"We want to capture the horsehead nebula and another one nearby called the flame. It's in the Orion constellation and it's possible to get them both in one shot. It is immense." It is set to ...
Oct. 11, 2024 — Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the 'inside-out' growth of a galaxy in the early universe, only 700 million years after the Big ...