Thousands of light-years away, the stunning structure known as the Pillars of Creation was imaged with the James Webb Space Telescope. The shared image contained a different beauty in every detail.
Fascinating new images came today from the James Webb Space Telescope, which was launched into space in December 2021 and started to observe the universe with all its equipment at the beginning of summer. Astronomers, this time with NASA’s telescope “Pillars of Creationobserved”.
The sky structure, which has already enchanted everyone with its images taken by Hubble over the years, this time clearer than ever viewed. This is how the Pillars of Creation, located 6,500 to 7,000 light-years from Earth, appeared before us this time:
Pillars of Creation as seen by James Webb:
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This structure, called the Pillars of Creation, is surrounded by many dense clouds that we see in the photograph. newly occurring and to the coming star gives place. Thanks to this structure, scientists aim to learn more about how a star is formed.
Hubble and James Webb’s comparison:
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Source :
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-takes-star-filled-portrait-of-pillars-of-creation