Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

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 ...

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