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Hubble re-imaged the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) about 5,000 light-years away in Sagittarius for its 36th anniversary, revealing an active jet (HH-399) from a young star that has expanded since the 1997 image, offering clues to jet speeds and the energy young stars inject into their surroundings, alongside ultraviolet-lit gas and cleared dust around newly formed stars.
To celebrate 36 years in space, the Hubble Space Telescope released a new high‑resolution, color image of the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20), focusing on a small region at the end of one of its dust lanes. The scene features a dense gas pillar with a recently formed star at its tip and a separate, leftward spike that is the Herbig–Haro jet HH 399 from a growing protostar. The image illustrates how intense radiation and stellar winds sculpt star‑forming regions, offering a detailed look at the ongoing process of star birth, and adds to Hubble’s long legacy of observations since its 1990 launch.
Hubble revisits the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) about 5,000 light‑years away, capturing a sea‑slug–like view with a dust‑and‑gas “body” and a plasma‑jet “horn” from a young protostar—29 years after its first image, and as part of the telescope’s 36th anniversary with views enhanced by the 2009 camera upgrade.
On its 36th anniversary, the Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20), a roughly 5,000-light-year-old star-forming region, with a newer wide-field camera to reveal changes on human timescales and features like protostellar jets and ultraviolet winds sculpting the gas—underscoring Hubble’s ongoing legacy of discovery and collaboration with Webb.