The Horse’s Mane

This image of part of the Horsehead Nebula, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and released on April 29, 2024, shows the nebula in a whole new light, capturing the region’s complexity with unprecedented spatial resolution. Located roughly 1,300 light-years away, the nebula formed from a collapsing interstellar cloud of material, and glows because […]
Posted on April 29, 2024
Sign up for our newsletter:

Categories

1
4
4
12
18
2
4
2
4
18
2
198
37
6
1
1
11
17
2
10
6
103
6
10
2
1
1
3
Io
4
3
14
29
1
12
43
5
1
14
6
11
3
1
263
10
1
2
2
1
59
221
8
10
1
10
2
4
346
625
1
3
1
1
1
1
29
10
1
1
1
149
1
52
196
6
1
370
3
15
3
24
13
1

Blog Posts

Newsletter Archive