The Pillars of Creation

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view of The Pillars of Creation

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view of The Pillars of Creation - a small region within the vast Eagle Nebula, which lies 6,500 light-years away. SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

Just thought I’d throw this in today because it’s just so spectacular. If any of you have been following the images coming from the Webb space telescope you will know there’s some rather special images coming from this new telescope.

Here’s the source:

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/052/01GF423GBQSK6ANC89NTFJW8VM

And to see the 1995 image from the Hubble and a sharper one from 2014, go here https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/052/01GF44EV0PPW2BHJS9HMA1AGEK