The nebula is located at a distance of approximately 1300 light years from Earth. It was formed from a collapsing interstellar cloud.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured incredibly clear images of the Horsehead Nebula, also known as Barnard 33, Space.com reports.
The new images show the Horsehead Nebula as turbulent gas waves rising from the western side of Orion B, a star-forming molecular cloud located 1,300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion.
According to scientists, the nebula is formed from an interstellar cloud of collapsed matter and glows because it is illuminated by a nearby hot star. The gas clouds surrounding the Horsehead have disappeared, but the column consists of dense clumps of material that are more difficult to remove.
Astronomers estimate that the Horsehead will take about five million years to disintegrate.
It was previously reported that astronomers discovered a massive black hole formed as a result of the explosion of a star just 2,000 light years from Earth.
Source: korrespondent
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