Giant 'Twisters' in The Lagoon Nebula | Hubble

Giant 'Twisters' in The Lagoon Nebula | Hubble

This Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image reveals a pair of one-half light-year long interstellar 'twisters'—eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures—in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula, also known as Messier 8, which lies 5,000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.

Credit: A. Caulet (ST-ECF, ESA) and NASA

Release Date: January 22, 1997

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