The planetary nebula known as NGC 6565 is visible on the left side of an image. Thousands of years from now, our sun is likely to die too in a spectacular planetary nebula.

Planetary nebulas have no association with planets and you must not mistake them from their misleading name. Researchers describe them smaller-scale supernovas.

Churning funnels of gas and energetic star formation are showed in the new composite image of the Lagoon Nebula's central region.

The image was taken with the help of NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The center region of the Lagoon Nebula is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation. These all are fixed firmly within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust.

Key characteristics of Nebulae are the basis of deciding their names. The Ring Nebula, the Horsehead Nebula, and the Butterfly Nebula are some of examples.

In contrast to purely optical images of other nebulae, this image combines both infrared and optical light. Thick obscuring patch of dust and gas were cut by infrared light. This provides good look into the more intricate structures underneath and produces a completely different landscape.

Herschel 36 is the bright star embedded in dark clouds at the center of this image. The surrounding cloud is sculpted by this star, resulting into loss of material and change of its shape.

Main source of ionizing radiation for this part of the Lagoon Nebula is Herschel 36.