Journey to The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius | European Southern Observatory FriendsofNASA.org: This zoom takes the viewer from a wide view of the central parts of the Milky Way deep into a detailed picture of the Messier 8 star formation region—the Lagoon Nebula—from the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. This giant cloud of gas and dust is creating intensely bright young stars, and is home to young stellar clusters. Commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 (M8) wa

Comet C/2024 G3 Soaring over Paranal Observatory in Chile after Sunset FriendsofNASA.org: The Sun sets down at European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory and the sky is transformed from pale blue to red to black. The four 1.8-meter Auxiliary Telescopes from ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) open their domes to observe the night sky, as if they were welcoming its new visitor: Comet C/2024 G3. This feathered comet soared the skies of Chile's Atacama Desert in early 2025, leaving incredible