Nasa’s new images show a section of the constellation Orion, or The Hunter. Rising from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the equine-shaped nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33, which resides ...

Named for its stallion-like silhouette, the iconic Horsehead Nebula lies roughly 1,300 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Orion. Its billowing mane of gaseous plumes is illuminated ...

Get on the horse and ride This week’s large-telescope target is the famous Horsehead Nebula in Orion the Hunter. Because it occupies the 33rd slot on American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard ...