The Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33, is located 1300 light-years from our planet in the constellation Orion. A young star near the system illuminates the dark, dense matter. As lighter ...
the easternmost of Orion’s famous three-star belt and part of the vast Orion molecular cloud, the Horsehead Nebula is the closest giant star-forming region to Earth. While Webb’s image of the ...
This brand new image shows the Horsehead Nebula, which is around 1,500 light years away from Earth. The nebula was formed from a collapsing interstellar cloud, and gets its glow from a nearby hot ...