New images show the Lagoon Nebula, classified as Messier 8, located just 5,000 light-years from Earth, as teeming with star formation activity. The mix of gas and dust has made the nebula a ...

The Lagoon Nebula - aka Messier 8 - is among the most striking examples of a stellar nursery in Earth's region of the Milky Way. Its fuzzy glow reveals the type of chaotic environment where new ...

The 100 light-year-long form of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) can be found dominating the lower section of Meyer's image, with the dense starfield near the Milky Way's core serving as a backdrop for ...

This new infrared view of the star formation region Messier 8, often called the Lagoon Nebula, was captured by the VISTA telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. This color picture was ...

The 100 light-year-long form of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) can be found dominating the lower section of Meyer's image, with the dense starfield near the Milky Way's core serving as a backdrop ...

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.

The European Southern Observatory has released the first image collected by their new SPECULOOS instrument, and it's a stunning portrait of the Lagoon Nebula. SPECULOOS isn't designed to study ...

You’ll find M20 1.4° north-northwest of the Lagoon Nebula, or 3.3° southwest of magnitude 3.8 Mu (μ) Sagittarii. The combined light of the Trifid Nebula’s glowing gas equals that of a ...

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 ...

The 100 light-year-long form of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) can be found dominating the lower section of Meyer's image, with the dense starfield near the Milky Way's core serving as a backdrop ...

The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a dramatic view of gas and dust sculpted by intense radiation from hot young stars deep in the heart of ...

The Lagoon Nebula (also called Messier 8) is about 100 light-years across and harbors young stars that shine brightly in the image, according to European Southern Observatory officials.