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Lagoon Nebula (Narrated Zoom)

We begin our journey with a view of the night sky, looking in the direction of our galaxy's central bulge.

We zoom into the star clouds and dark dust lanes of the Milky Way.

The pink object ahead of us is the Lagoon Nebula, the birthplace of stars.

As we get closer, we see a glowing young star illuminating clouds of gas and dust.

  • Release Date
    April 19, 2018
  • Science Release
    Celebrating 28 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope
  • Credits
    NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon and M. Estacion (STScI)

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Last Updated
Mar 14, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov