Pillars of Creation

Nebulae

Pillars of Creation is a Hubble Space Telescope photograph, taken on April 1, 1995, showing elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, in the Serpens constellation. The structures are forming new stars while being eroded by light from nearby recently formed stars. The image was made by astronomers Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen of Arizona State University. The region was later imaged by Herschel, Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope.

Taken: April 1, 1995
Telescope: Hubble Space Telescope
Astronomers: Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen

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Article: Pillars of Creation (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q573260
Text: Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
Illustration: By Credit: NASA, Jeff Hester, and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University). Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
Credit: NASA, Jeff Hester, and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University), http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2003/34/image/a
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