There's a cat hiding in the Carina Nebula, and two of the world's best space telescopes have just taken its portrait. NASA and the European Space Agency released new images on 29 October of a dusty pillar nicknamed the Cat's Head Nebula, seen by both the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope.

The Cat’s Head Nebula in Hubble and Webb views, released 29 October 2026. Image: NASA & ESA (CC BY 4.0), cropped