The Lagoon Nebula (M8), located approximately 4,100 light-years away in Sagittarius, is visible to the naked eye under dark skies. Giovanni Battista Hodierna first documented the nebula in 1654, ...

Every star you see in the night sky forms from a nebula, which is a large region of dust and gas in space. One such nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, is visible with binoculars or small telescopes and is ...

The image of the week shared by researchers working with the Hubble Space Telescope this week is a real stunner, showing the open cluster NGC 6530. This cluster of thousands of stars is shrouded in ...

Young stars twinkle within a rainbow curtain of dust and gas in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The image highlights NGC-6530, an open cluster of a few thousand stars more than ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been an astronomical workhorse for more than 30 years. Over that time, it’s captured more than 1.5 million observations of nearly 50,000 different celestial objects.

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the famous Trifid and Lagoon nebulas illuminated from within by radiation cast out by generations of energetic young stars. The 100 ...

NASA is honoring the Hubble Space Telescope's anniversary the best way it knows how: with a mind-blowing look into space. The agency released a Hubble snapshot of the Lagoon Nebula, which sits 4,000 ...

A spectacular new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the heart of the Lagoon Nebula. Seen as a massive cloud of glowing dust and gas, bombarded by the energetic radiation of new stars, this ...

NASA explores the furthest reaches of space every day, and sometimes scientists at the agency bring back the best goodies to share with the general public. Case in point, the space agency shared a ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Created in 1990 the Hubble Space Telescope continues to push boundaries capturing spectacular images from space. Today for Hubble's 28th-anniversary scientist Dr. Michelle Thaller ...

Within the Lagoon Nebula lies the star cluster NGC-6530, made up of a few thousand stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Young ...