NASA's Webb Telescope Captures "Pillars Of Creation" In Stunning New Image

NASA's Webb Space Telescope shares a breathtaking view of the Pillars of Creation. These pillars are 6,500 light-years away.

A lush, highly detailed landscape - NASA's powerful James Webb Telescope captured the iconic 'Pillars of Creation'. It is a sight of three looming constellations made of interstellar dust and gas that sometimes appear translucent in near-infrared light.

The image highlights the presence and thickness of interstellar dust surrounding these plumes.

This iconic design is located within the vast Eagle Nebula, which is 6,500 light-years away. NASA's Hubble Telescope first captured the pillars of creation in 1995 and reviewed them again in 2014.

Newly formed stars are stealing the scene in this image, NASA said in a press release. "When nodes of sufficient mass are inside the gas and dust plumes, they begin to collapse under the influence of their own gravity, slowly heat up, and eventually form new stars."

Explanation of the lava-like wavy lines at the edges of some columns,

NASA says that "these are emissions from stars that are still forming inside gas and dust. Young stars periodically release supersonic jets that collide with clouds of material, such as these thick plumes. This sometimes also leads to arc shocks, which can form undulating patterns such as The boat as it moves through the water.

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