NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided a new detailed look at the Pillars of Creation that shows the scene in high definition. The region is where young stars form and lies 6,500 light-years away.
The Pillars of Creation are set off in a kaleidoscope of color in the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view, NASA says.has provided a new detailed look at the Pillars of Creation that shows the scene in high definition.
The new Near-Infrared Camera image shows the lush landscape with glowing, bright red, wavy lines appearing at the edges of some pillars. "The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations but are far more permeable," NASA said, "These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust that appear – at times – semi-transparent in near-infrared light."NASA also says that while it may look like it, there are no galaxies within this view.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope made the Pillars of Creation famous with its first image in 1995, but revisited the scene in 2014 to reveal a sharper, wider view in visible light, shown above at left.The detailed look also shows where new stars form within the dense clouds of gas and dust.Scientists say that the bright red orbs are newly formed stars that have burst into view, and a translucent layer of gas and dust is drawn like a curtain, allowing the stars to take center stage.
The Hubble Space Telescope first captured the Pillars of Creation on April 1, 1995. With Webb’s newest near-infrared image of the Pillars of Creation, researchers will continue to understand star formation. Scientists hope that they’ll learn how stars form and burst out of these dusty clouds over millions of years.
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