1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,857 [ Different images from different telescopes cut as the overall picture zooms out to reveal the entirety of Orion ] 2 00:00:11,857 --> 00:00:28,394 The Horsehead Nebula is an iconic area in the constellation Orion where massive stars are being born. 3 00:00:28,394 --> 00:00:42,554 Astronomer Williamina Fleming discovered it in 1888 in an image taken at Harvard College Observatory. In those days, telescopes projected images onto photographic glass plates. 4 00:00:42,554 --> 00:00:55,605 Today, space telescopes show us this nebula in extraordinary detail. 5 00:00:55,605 --> 00:01:10,009 ESA’s Euclid, a mission with NASA contributions, gives us this wide view of the Nebula in visible and infrared light. 6 00:01:10,009 --> 00:01:26,523 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows more detail of the “horse head” in infrared light. 7 00:01:26,523 --> 00:01:45,598 And NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope gives us an unprecedented view of the tip of the horse head in both near-infrared and mid-infrared light. 8 00:01:45,598 --> 00:02:19,984 Different images from different telescopes as it slowly zooms out. 9 00:02:19,984 --> 00:02:33,960 Combing views from many telescopes allows astronomers to understand the inner workings of this nebula like never before. 10 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:44,388 [ Closing image of the constellation Orion ] 11 00:02:44,388 --> 00:02:52,372 [ NASA Meatball ]