Since the summer, NASA has released one jaw-dropping image after another with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope. The image of the "Pillars of Creation" was released by NASA today.
Mark McCaughrean of the European Space Agency has been looking for young stars in the Eagle Nebula since the mid 1990s. I knew the pictures would be amazing. So they are.
The space telescope began taking pictures after it launched. There was a deep field image of the universe. There were images of exoplanet atmospheres, a cluster of interacting galaxies called Stephan's Quintet, and a star-forming region about 7,600 light-years away. Astronomers were reportedly touched by these images.
In August, we received gorgeous images of Jupiter, including the Auroras at both poles that result from Jupiter's powerful magnetic field, as well as its thin rings and two small moons. A mosaic image showing a panorama of star formation was released a month later.
AdvertisementWe were treated to amazing images of Neptune and its rings, which have not been seen before by the public. Neptune's brightness makes it hard to see the rings from afar. The rings and dust were found by the telescope.
The most famous image of the Hubble Space Telescope was the Pillars of Creation. Someone you know has a coffee mug with that famous image on it. The pillars are made of cool hydrogen and are being eroded by the light of hot stars. New stars are born under all that dust and gas.
There are bright red orbs in the new image of the space telescope. You can check it out.
The pillars are a few hundred thousand years old and there are lava-like lines along the edges. There are no distant galaxies visible in this latest image. The data behind the image will lead to better models of star formation.
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