Posted on 06/30/2024 11:51:20 PM PDT by blueplum
In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope released images of the Pillars of Creation — stunning effervescent clouds of interstellar dust and gas, the place where stars are born.
Now, combining data from Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA has released a gorgeous 3D visualization of the cosmic structures in both visible and infrared light...
For example, at the top of the central pillar, viewers can see an embedded infant protostar, which is bright red when seen in infrared light. Close to the top of the left pillar is a diagonal jet of material being ejected from a newborn star, though viewers can't see the star itself. And at the end of the left pillars' "fingers," viewers can see a blazing newly formed star...
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Simply stunning.
Hubble was/is fantastic but Webb is much more incredible.
Awesome!!
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