"Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it." -Jules Renard Of all the star-forming nebulae in our galaxy, the Trifid Nebula -- Messier 20 -- is thought to be the newest and youngest. Named "Trifid" for its threefold appearance, the blue reflection nebula, the red emission nebula, and the dark, star-forming dust lanes, it also bears a resemblance to the French tricolor flag.