Pillars Of Creation - Blog Posts

have you seen the JWST images of the pillars of creation? i could cry just looking at them. they’re so beautiful.

looking at them i get so emotional. i can’t believe i am lucky enough to be alive in this time of beginning to understand the cosmos.

(second half has been rotated to match orientation of the first)

once i am well enough i will be going to college for astrophysics. i cannot wait to be who i know i can be.

Sometimes... there’s more than meets the eye. 👀 You’re looking at two very different takes on an iconic image. ⁣

Human eyes can see only a small portion of the range of radiation given off by the objects around us. We call this wide array of radiation the electromagnetic spectrum, and the part we can see visible light.

In the first image, researchers revisited one of Hubble Space Telescope’s most popular sights: the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. Here, the pillars are seen in infrared light, which pierces through obscuring dust and gas and unveil a more unfamiliar — but just as amazing — view of the pillars. ⁣ ⁣ The entire frame is peppered with bright stars and baby stars are revealed being formed within the pillars themselves. The image on the bottom is the pillars in visible light.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team⁣

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