Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36th birthday with space ‘sea slug’

Tracking Changes in the Trifid Nebula With the Hubble

Back in 1997, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged the spectacular Trifid Nebula, a region of active star-formation. Now the telescope has revisited the Trifid. By comparing both images, astronomers have tracked some changes that tell them about how young stars behave and evolve.

Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36th birthday with space ‘sea slug’

The telescope revealed a new observation of a star-formation region called the Trifid Nebula.

Hubble Telescope captures stunning images of 'space slug' nearly 5,000 light-years away

NASA is celebrating the Hubble Telescope’s 36th birthday with stunning images of the Trifid Nebula, nearly 5,000 light-years away from Earth.This stunning discovery is not the first time the Hubble Telescope has laid eyes on this cosmic scene.The telescope last observed the Trifid Nebula in 1997, allowing scientists to observe the phenomenon’s changes on a human timescale.PHOTOS: LARGE LUMINOUS SWIRL OF GALAXY CALLED IC 486 SEEN MILLIONS OF LIGH…