Photo: Hubble Snaps Stunning View of Iconic Nebula
... Dubbed the Horsehead nebula because of its obvious resemblance to a steed or chess piece in profile, Āthis dark cloud of gas and dust sits 1,500…
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The Horsehead Nebula Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
... the famous Horsehead nebula in Orion many times before, but NOTHING like this! Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new, infrared light to mark the 23rd anniversary of the famous observatory's launch aboard the space shuttle Discovery on
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