A new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope gives a new glimpse at the iconic Pillars of Creation, an area 6,500 light-years away that was made famous by a Hubble telescope image in the 1990s.
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three looming towers made of interstellar dust and gas that’s speckled with newly formed stars.
Each new instrument that sets its sights on the region gives researchers new insight, according to ESA. “Along the edges of the pillars are wavy lines that look like lava. These are ejections from stars that are still forming. Young stars periodically shoot out jets that can interact within clouds of material, like these thick pillars of gas and dust,” according to a news release.
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