Eagle Nebula (M16)
NEBULA · home of the famous pillars
A vast star factory whose heart holds the most famous photograph in astronomy: the Pillars of Creation, towers of gas and dust light years tall, where new stars are condensing right now. The fierce light of nearby young stars is slowly eating the pillars away, a race between creation and erosion playing out over millions of years.
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