The Webb Space Telescope has given us another cosmic treat.
The new findings are detailed in apaperpublished Monday in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
The Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33, formed from a collapsing cloud of material.
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. Abergel (IAS/University Paris-Saclay, CNRS)
The head portion isroughly 3.5 light-years across.
The Horsehead Nebula is the cosmic beast that keeps on feeding us with information and pretty sights.
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Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, K. Misselt (University of Arizona) and A. Abergel (IAS/University Paris-Saclay, CNRS)
The Euclid telescope captured this view of the Horsehead Nebula in 2023.Image: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi
