WEBB Pillars of Creation

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Journey with us through Webb’s breathtaking view of the Pillars of Creation, where scores of newly formed stars glisten like dewdrops among floating, translucent columns of gas and dust.

If this majestic landscape looks familiar, you may recognize the original. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope first captured the Pillars of Creation in 1995 and revisited it in 2014. Webb’s latest view was taken in near-infrared light, which is invisible to our eyes. Seeing in infrared allows Webb to pierce through the dust and reveal stars galore. (Find a side-by-side comparison of the Pillars of Creation as seen by Hubble and Webb in our comments!)

Why go back to where we’ve been before? Webb helps us identify far more precise counts of newborn stars, along with the quantities of gas and dust. This will deepen our understanding of how stars form and burst out of these dusty clouds over millions of years. Link til bildet: https://skaarpictures.com/iGalerieAstro/?q=item/153-webb-pillars-of-creation 312401815_10160013037535049_7649366656090796620_n.jpg

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Published on Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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Description : The Pillars of Creation are set off in a kaleidoscope of color in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view. The pillars look like arches and spires rising out of a desert landscape, but are filled with semi-transparent gas and dust, and ever changing. This is a region where young stars are forming – or have barely burst from their dusty cocoons as they continue to form. Newly formed stars are the scene-stealers in this Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) image. These are the bright red o
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Source : STScI
Author : Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Credit : NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

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