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Webb Zoomed Into the Horsehead Nebula and Found a Wall of Interstellar Dust

The Horsehead Nebula's familiar silhouette becomes a dense, textured boundary in Webb's close-up view. Infrared light exposes wisps and layers inside a region that appears almost like a landscape photographed from the air. Source: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/horsehead-nebula-nircam-image/ Made by NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI Where Orion / Space Source checked the link still resolves 19 Sep 2026
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