# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdq9JiuvDhA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11732892-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e7aebdbc62.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-05-17T19:38:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

At the center of this image is a massive star 200,000 times brighter than the Sun 🌟

Though it may look like a serene cosmic landscape, the Lagoon Nebula is full of turbulent gasses, roaring stellar winds, and intense radiation emanating from a massive star. 

This massive star is still young in a cosmic sense, roughly 1 million years old, and is throwing off its natal cocoon of material – ionized gasses like hydrogen and nitrogen – seen here from NASAHubble as red (hydrogen) and green (nitrogen).

Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI

#NASA #Space #Gassy #Star #Nebula #Lagoon

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