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Cosmic Magic: James Webb Telescope Images Pillars of Creation

Cosmic Magic: James Webb Telescope Images Pillars of Creation

The three “pillars” consist of dense clouds of cold interstellar dust and gas

Pure magic…every picture comes from space James Webb Telescope They convey to us iconic “views” of the universe.

This time James Webb Capture rich and highly detailed landscapes – the iconic pillars of creation.

The three “pillars” consist of dense clouds of cold interstellar dust and gas, where new stars are forming.
Webb’s new image from the near-infrared camera focuses on the massive Eagle Nebula, 6,500 light-years from Earth.

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Photo: NASA

Webb’s new view of the Pillars of Creation, first popularized when it was imaged by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, will help researchers revise their models of star formation by determining more accurate measurements of newly formed stars, as well as amounts of gas. and dust in the area.

Over time, they will begin to build a clearer understanding of how stars form and explode from these dust clouds over millions of years.

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