The Horsehead Nebula is a part of much larger complex in the constellation Orion. Known collectively as the Orion Molecular Cloud, it also houses other famous objects, such as the Great Orion Nebula.

The blue light comes from electrons whirling at nearly the speed of light around magnetic field lines from the neutron star, which is the crushed, ultra-dense core of the exploded star.

Brett Tingley Read more: Comet G3 (ATLAS) looks breathtaking above future home of world's largest telescope (photos) Tuesday, February 4, 2025: Hubble definitely hit the target with this one.

NASA likened the event to a seabird plunging into the ocean from a great height in search of fish. The water ripples out from where the bird breaks the surface. The Hubble Space Telescope is ...

High-resolution imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope confirmed eight rings, and data from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii confirmed a ninth. Hubble and Keck also confirmed which ...

John J. Miller is joined by Nora Berend of the University of Cambridge to discuss The Poem of the Cid. National Review’s national correspondent and professor at Hillsdale College, John J. Miller ...

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Definition: Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope named after renowned astronomer Edwin Hubble. It was launched in 1990 and is one of the great observatories of NASA. Description: Hubble ...

A sequence of images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showed how much the giant storm changed shape as it traveled within the planet’s atmosphere. An explosion of particles arrived at ...