Hubble Telescope Snaps Stunning Nebula Photo for 23rd Birthday

04-20-2013 • http://www.space.com, by Mike Wall

This new Hubble image, captured and released to celebrate the telescope’s 23rd year in orbit, shows part of the sky in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). Rising like a giant seahorse from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula,