Meet Williamina Fleming, a 19th-century Scottish maid who became an astronomer
Fleming made major scientific discoveries and belonged to the Harvard Computers, a team of women who processed astronomical ...
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James Webb telescope reveals fiery 'mane' of the Horsehead Nebula in spectacular new images
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest images yet of the Horsehead Nebula — a vast cloud of equine-looking gas rearing over the constellation Orion. Earning its name from the ...
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Euclid's First Deep Fields Images Offer Glimpse Into 'Dark Universe'
Euclid has two instruments: its visible light camera, VIS, and its near-infrared light camera, NISP. NISP allows Euclid to ...
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This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: See the Horsehead Nebula
In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and try to observe a celestial object that’s quite difficult to see — the Horsehead Nebula. This dark nebula, made of dust and super-cold ...
Bubble Nebula: Spanning 7 light-years across, and about one-and-a-half times the distance from our sun to its nearest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri, the Bubble Ne…
From the iconic 'Pillars of Creation' to the vivid colours of the Lagoon Nebula, check out these 7 astonishing photos of ...
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Williamina Fleming
Image caption, This is photographic plate B2312 in which Williamina discovered the Horsehead Nebula. The three black circles are the stars of Orion's belt. The Horsehead Nebula is circled just ...
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Nebulas spotted in Norfolk skies ahead of planets aligning
Trevor Mayes from Diss captured two nebulas on Tuesday night including the Horsehead Nebula. It is lit by the Alnitak star and is a vast cloud of gas and dust where new stars are born.