Witch Head Screaming

The Witch Head Nebula, named after the Wizard of Oz's green-faced villain, streams billowy clouds of newborn stars from its "hair," in this recently released view from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).

Several hundred light-years away, in the constellation Orion the Hunter, the nebula brews up young stars from gas clouds illuminated by starlight.

—Dan Vergano

Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

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