Commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula, M8 was discovered in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who, like Charles Messier, sought to catalog nebulous objects in the night sky so ...

This groundbreaking scientific visualization takes viewers on an immersive journey inside the Pillars of Creation, one of the most iconic structures in the Eagle Nebula. Using data from the Hubble ...

This type of cosmic cloud is known as an emission nebula. One of the most famous is the Eagle Nebula, which contains the Pillars of Creation. (More on the Eagle Nebula below.) Where reflection ...