The Orion Nebula gets some stiff competition for best in class from the Lagoon Nebula (M8) in Sagittarius. The Lagoon Nebula is visible to the naked eye on dark moonless nights as a bright patch along ...

The Lagoon Nebula, as imaged by the new SPECULOOS Southern Observatory. ESO The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has been showing off its new toys, recently sharing first light images from its new ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from the NASA/ESA ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the famous Trifid and Lagoon nebulas illuminated from within by ...

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 ...

Using various ground-based facilities and space telescopes, astronomers have observed an accretion outburst that recently occurred on a young variable star known as V1741 Sgr. Results of 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 ...

The Red Spider Nebula: Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula some 3000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. This warm planetary nebula harbours one of the hottest stars ...

Lagoon Nebula. 33 minutes, 199 stacked images. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, this isn’t a bad time of year to take a drive to the nearest place that has truly dark skies. The nights are still ...

The Ring Nebula: Messier 57, more commonly known as the Ring Nebula, is about 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, and is best observed during August. It was discovered by French ...