‘Pillars of Creation’ Viewed More Clearly than Ever

Fascinating new images came today from the James Webb Space Telescope, which was launched into space in December 2021 and started to observe the world with all its equipment at the beginning of summer. Astronomers, this time with NASA’s telescope ” Pillars of Creation‘ he observed.

The sky structure, which has already enchanted everyone with its landscapes taken by Hubble over the years, this time clearer than ever viewed. The Pillars of Creation, located 6,500 to 7,000 light-years from Earth, appeared before us this time:

Pillars of Creation as seen by James Webb:

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This structure, called the Pillars of Creation, is surrounded by many clouds in the middle of the heavy clouds that we see in the photograph. newly occurring  and to the coming star gives place. Thanks to this structure, scientists aim to learn more about how a star is formed.

Hubble and James Webb’s comparison:

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