Hubble Photos New Pillars of Creation

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a wealth of new images of the universe. But one of them is breathtakingly beautiful. This infrared image of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula is nothing short of breathtaking in its beauty.

First, let's give a brief overview of the Eagle Nebula and the Pillars of Creation.

Eagle Nebula (other names: Messier 16, M16, or NGC 6611)Discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745-46, it is an open star cluster in the constellation Serpens. It lies 7,000 light-years away. The Pillars of Creation (also known as elephant trunks) are dense dust pillars, light-years long, located near the center of the Eagle Nebula. Because it is contracting under the influence of gravity, it is a dense region of star formation, hence its name.

In this photo, we see two recent images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope side by side. On the left, we see the Pillars of Creation taken with visible light, and on the right, the Pillars of Creation taken with infrared light.

We see photographs of the Pillars of Creation taken with visible light on the left and infrared light on the right.

Hubble Space Telescope's Infrared Photo of the Pillars of Creation

Difference between the Pillars of Creation photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 and 2015.

Photo of the Pillars of Creation taken in visible light by the Hubble Space Telescope