NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Stunning ‘Pillars of Creation’

NASA recently released stunning images of 'Pillars of Creation' on 19th Oct

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The image is captured by the most powerful webb telescope - James Webb Space Telescope.

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According to NASA “The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable"

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These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust that appear – at times – semi-transparent in near-infrared light.

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The region lies about 6,500 light-years away within the Eagle Nebula, and was first captured by the Hubble telescope in 1995 and 2014.

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Bright red orbs are newly-formed stars, thought to be just a few hundred thousand years old.

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Difference between the same sight captured by Hubble in 2004 (left) and James Webb in 2022 (right).

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