Tuesday, May 14, 2024

New Views of The Horsehead Nebula | James Webb Space Telescope

New Views of The Horsehead Nebula | James Webb Space Telescope

Astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to survey the Horsehead Nebula in incredible detail. The Horsehead Nebula is an iconic area in the constellation Orion where massive stars are being born. Combining views from many telescopes allows astronomers to understand the inner workings of this nebula like never before. From Euclid, to Hubble, and now Webb, we can learn more about our universe thanks to these amazing machines. 

Read more about Webb's observations of the Horsehead Nebula: 

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/webb-captures-top-of-iconic-horsehead-nebula-in-unprecedented-detail/

For more information about Webb, visit https://webb.nasa.gov/


Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Paul Morris: Lead Producer 

Liz Landau: Script

Isabelle Yan: Producer

Image Credits:

NASA/Webb, CSA, ESA, ESA/Euclid, Euclid Consortium, ESO, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. De Martin, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), K. Misselt (University of Arizona) and A. Abergel (IAS/University Paris-Saclay, CNRS)

Image of Williamina Fleming as part of the Public Domain

Image of Photographic Plate courtesy of Harvard College Observatory, Astronomical Photographic Glass Plate Collection    

Duration: 2 minutes, 52 seconds

Release Date: May 14, 2024


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