Pillars of Creation - James Webb Space Telescope #shorts

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The Pillars of Creation are set off in a kaleidoscope of color in the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view.

The pillars look like arches and spires rising out of a desert landscape, but are filled with semi-transparent gas and dust, and ever changing. This is a region where young stars are forming—or have barely burst from their dusty cocoons as they continue to form.

Webb’s new view of the Pillars of Creation will help researchers revamp models of star formation. By identifying far more precise star populations, along with the quantities of gas and dust in the region, they will begin to build a clearer understanding of how stars form and burst out of these clouds over millions of years.

The Pillars of Creation is a small region within the vast Eagle Nebula, which lies 6,500 light-years away.

Credit: Science: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI).

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