Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creation

Space Daily

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Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2022

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape - the iconic Pillars of Creation - where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust that appear - at times - semi-transparent in near-infrared ligh

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