The Pillars of Creation (NIRCam)
The Pillars of Creation (NIRCam)
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The Pillars of Creation is a small area within the expansive Eagle Nebula, located 6,500 light-years from Earth.
Shining brilliantly in a range of colors, these pillars resemble arches and spires towering over a desert scene, yet they are ever changing as they brim with shifting gas and dust. Young stars form within as the matter collects and condenses.
Protostars steal the scene in this NIRCam image - they are the bright red orbs that sometimes appear with eight diffraction spikes. When areas of sufficient mass coalesce within the pillars, they collapse under the force of gravity, slowly heat up, then eventually begin to brightly shine.
Wavy lines resembling lava edge the pillars, these are ejections from nascent stars. These young stars sporadically blast jets that can interact with the surrounding clouds of material. Estimated at just hundreds of thousands of years old, the stars will continue forming for millions of years to come.
Image courtesy of NASA, ESA/Webb
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