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, ...

Looking like smoke plumes from a forest fire, this image NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the hot, glowing clouds of gas from the Lagoon Nebula. The nebula, located in the constellation of ...

With New Moon occurring late tonight at 11:02 P.M. EDT, today is an excellent opportunity for yet more deep-sky observing. This morning, we're dipping into the Lagoon Nebula (M8) in Sagittarius. This ...

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 ...

A part of space 4,000 light-years away is filled with baby stars, and the Hubble Space Telescope can see them. Two new photos taken by the intrepid telescope and released to celebrate the eye on the ...

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 ...

This month marks the Hubble Space Telescope's 28th anniversary, and as a gift to us earthlings, NASA and the European Space Agency are celebrating with a batch of stunning photos of the Lagoon Nebula, ...

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 ...