To find the Lagoon Nebula, locate the constellation Sagittarius and the famous “teapot” structure in the southern sky. Moving west in the sky, follow a line connecting the top of the teapot ...

Irish astronomer Agnes M. Clerke coined the nickname “the Lagoon Nebula” in her 1890 book The System of the Stars. When we set our sights on M8, our gaze is taking us some 4,100 light-years away.

StarStuff image The Lagoon Nebula may sound tranquil, but this image reveals its stormy heart. Normally hidden from view, the heart of Lagoon Nebula is filled with intense stellar tempests ...

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name. The region is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas ...

Within the Lagoon Nebula lies the star cluster NGC-6530, made up of a few thousand stars. Young stars twinkle within a rainbow curtain of dust and gas in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space ...

The seemingly mystical Lagoon Nebula is a budding star nursery also known as Messier 8. It is approximately 4,000 to 5,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer).

The Lagoon Nebula is a colossal object 55 light-year wide and 20 light-years tall. Even though it is about 4000 light-years away from Earth, it is three times larger in the sky than the full Moon.

Hubble previously imaged the Lagoon Nebula in one of its most famous photos, which was shared to celebrate the telescope’s 28th anniversary. This image also showed just a part of the full nebula ...

NASA has released incredible new images of the Lagoon Nebula taken by the Hubble space telescope, in honor of its 28th anniversary and presumably 4/20.

Breaking waves in the Lagoon Nebula Date: September 22, 2010 Source: European Space Agency Summary: A spectacular new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the heart of the Lagoon Nebula.