James Webb Telescope Revisits the Pillars of Creation for Stunning Image Update
Last captured in 2014 by the Hubble Telescope.
One of the most iconic scenes of space has been updated in a new image from NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope. Located in the Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) in the Serpens constellation, the massive star-forming gas and dust region named the Pillars of Creation now reveals greater detail thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared camera.
First observed in 1995 by the Hubble Telescope, the massive pillars of molecular hydrogen are located some 6,500 light-years away and are enormous in size. The most left pillar stretches four light years in length alone — to put that into perspective, the tiny finger-like jets protruding from the main body are larger than our Solar System.
While the original 1995 image was updated in 2014 for a shaper image that revealed further objects and more visible light, this most recent image cuts through the murky, brown gas and dust to reveal stars in their pre-main-sequence phase.
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