Swirling dust clouds and bright newborn stars dominate the view in this image of the “Lagoon nebula” from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Also known as Messier 8 and NGC 6523, astronomers estimate it to be between 4000 and 6000 light years away, lyi 2. desember 2018 1000 × 806 Universet i rødt og grønt Lagunetåken (M8) fotografert av Spitzer Space Telescope. Bilde: NASA/JPL-Caltech