The Trifid Nebula (M20) is the trifecta of deep-sky objects: It combines a blue reflection nebula with an emission nebula glowing in red Hydrogen-alpha (Hα) light, all divvied up by opaque lanes of ...

The nebula is a star-forming region located about 5,000 light-years from Earth. Hubble first imaged this cosmic phenomenon in 1997 and revisited it with an improved camera. The new image helps ...

This stunning image of the Trifid Nebula was taken from Karnataka, India. Astrophotographer Navaneeth Unnikrishnan captured the star factory using a DSLR camera and tracking mounted telescopes. The ...

A new image of the Trifid Nebula, shows just why it is a firm favorite of astronomers, amateur and professional alike. This massive star factory is so named for the dark dust bands that trisect its ...

Three huge intersecting dark lanes of interstellar dust make the Trifid Nebula one of the most recognizable and striking star birth regions in the night sky. The dust, silhouetted against glowing gas ...

The massive star factory known as the Trifid Nebula was captured in all its glory with the Wide-Field Imager camera attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in ...

This week’s naked-eye object is the Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius. To find it, look 5.5° west of magnitude 2.8 Kaus Borealis (Lambda [λ] Sagittarii). Around 1680, English astronomer John Flamsteed ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 36th anniversary in space this week with a glimpse into the heart of a major star-forming region, presented in prismatic color. The Trifid Nebula (also ...