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Day 15 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Turbulent Lagoon
Day 15 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Turbulent Lagoon. Back in 2018, to celebrate its 28th anniversary in space, scientists pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at the Lagoon Nebula, a roiling cloud of gas and dust about 4,000 light-years away, to capture this image, which shows just a small section of a much larger star-forming region.
TL;DR
- The Lagoon Nebula is featured on Day 15 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar.
- The image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018 to celebrate its 28th anniversary.
- The Nebula is a star-forming region approximately 4,000 light-years away.
- The image shows a small section of the much larger star-forming region.