James Webb Space Telescope Delivers Amazing Horsehead Nebula Imagery
The NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the Horse-head Nebula. It is the sharpest infrared imagery to date. The iconic nebula is about 1300 light-years away. Credit: ...
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Horse-shaped nebula gets its close-up in new photos by NASA’s Webb telescope
These glamour shots can help refine astronomers’ understanding of the nebula, which acts as a nursery for big stars to brew. Horsehead is a favorite target of space observatories including the ...
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This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: See the Horsehead Nebula
In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and try to observe a celestial object that’s quite difficult to see — the Horsehead Nebula. This dark nebula, made of dust and super-cold ...
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This butterfly-shaped nebula owes its structure to 2 chaotic young stars
Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.
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Webb Telescope Unveils Elusive Brown Dwarfs in the Flame Nebula
The Flame Nebula, located 1,400 light-years from Earth, is a region where many stars are forming and is less than a million ...
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NGC 7293, better known as the Helix nebula, displays its ultraviolet glow courtesy of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX).
In this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, "cometary knots" on the Helix Nebula show blue-green heads caused by excitation of their molecular material from shocks or ultraviolet radiation.