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  • Released Thursday, May 1, 2014
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
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Where stars are born.

Where stars are born.

The three defined structures seen here make up the Pillars of Creation—a star-forming region in the Eagle Nebula.

This visible light image of the pillars was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Each pillar is several light-years in length.

This visible light image of the pillars was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Each pillar is several light-years in length.

Overlaying X-ray data on the visible light image reveals the location of many young stars.

Overlaying X-ray data on the visible light image reveals the location of many young stars.

In near infrared light, new stars can be seen at the tip of the center and leftmost pillars. The star on the left is 4-5X the mass of our sun.

In near infrared light, new stars can be seen at the tip of the center and leftmost pillars. The star on the left is 4-5X the mass of our sun.

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Video courtesy of ESA/Hubble/M. Kornmesser and L. L. Christensen
Cover image courtesy of ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium and ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger
Visible light image courtesy of NASA/ESA/STScI/ASU/J.Hester & P.Scowen
X-ray image courtesy of NASA/CXC/U.Colorado/Linsky et al. and NASA/ESA/STScI/ASU/J.Hester & P.Scowen
Near infrared image courtesy of VLT/ISAAC/McCaughrean & Andersen/AIP/ESO

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