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                                 2022 May 25
    [2]The featured image shows the center of the Lagoon Nebula complete
      with funnel clouds. Please see the explanation for more detailed
                                information.

                   The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula
      Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]Hubble; Processing & Copyright:
                          [6]Mehmet Hakan Özsaraç

   Explanation: The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a [7]whirlwind of
   spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two
   long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a [8]light-year long, have
   been formed by extreme [9]stellar winds and intense [10]energetic
   starlight. A tremendously bright nearby star, [11]Herschel 36, lights
   the area. Vast walls of [12]dust hide and [13]redden other hot young
   stars. As energy from these stars pours into the [14]cool dust and gas,
   large temperature differences in [15]adjoining regions can be created
   generating [16]shearing winds which may cause the [17]funnels. [18]This
   picture, spanning about 10 light years, combines images taken in six
   colors by the [19]orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The [20]Lagoon
   Nebula, also known as [21]M8, lies about 5000 [22]light years distant
   toward the [23]constellation of the Archer ([24]Sagittarius).

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