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- NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of the Trifid Nebula on April 24, 2026, showing structural changes and a plasma jet.
- Messier 20 lies about 5,000 light-years from Earth and its colorful shape has been likened to a sea slug.
- Hubble first imaged the nebula in 1997 and received a wider-field camera during the 2009 STS-125 mission.
- The jet appears as a horn-shaped antenna extending from the nebula’s dusty body.
