News.cnet.com- 4/21/13, Tom Homyak

About 1,500 light years from Earth, the Horsehead Nebula is a stellar nursery.

(Credit: NASA)

The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the Horsehead Nebula in stunning detail. The nebula, about 1,500 light years away in the constellation of Orion, was imaged in infrared wavelengths against the backdrop of the Milky Way.

The pink cast is from hydrogen gas behind the nebula, which is being lit up by Sigma Orionis, a five-star system.

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Space Weather-4/14/13

SUNDAY EVENING PLANETS: When the sun sets on Sunday, April 14th, step outside and look west into the deepening twilight. The crescent Moon and Jupiter are in conjunction only a few degrees apart. It's a nice way to end the day,

Link: Spaceweather.com

Wunderground.com-3/7/13, Miriam Kramer

This year could be the "year of the comet," according to some astronomers keeping an eye on icy balls of gas and dust roaming through the solar system. Two comets will brighten the Northern Hemisphere in a potentially history-making fashion, with the first one coming into view this week.

"It has been 15 years-plus since Hale Bopp," Editor-in-chief of Astronomy Magazine David Eicher said of the last bright comet seen in the Northern Hemisphere. "We're overdue. We haven't had a really well-placed one in a long time."

For more fascinating information and awesome comet pictures follow this link to Wunderground.com.