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Eagle Nebula
ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory captured the image above of the Eagle nebula with its intensely cold gas and dust. The Pillars of Creation are seen inside the circle and at left in a famous picture...
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M16
No, not the rifle. The star cluster know as M16 contains these “pillars of creation.” This picture of the Eagle Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope was one of the most famous astronomy images of...
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The Eagle Nebula
The Eagle Nebula (aka Messier 16 or M16) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. Its name derives from its shape that is thought to resemble an eagle. It contains several active...
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Speaking of Cosmic Fairies …
Tinker Bell is not the only one. Meet the Fairy of the Eagle Nebula. The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are evaporating, and, as powerful starlight whittles away these cosmic structures, the...
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In the Eagle Nebula
This video crossfades between the Hubble and European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope infrared views of the head of Column 1 of the Pillars of Creation in Eagle Nebula. The bright complex...
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Pillars of Creation
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have assembled a bigger and sharper photograph of the iconic Eagle Nebula’s “Pillars of Creation” (right); the original 1995 Hubble image is shown at...
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The Eagle in 3D
Many of the Gentle Readers will remember the iconic image on the left of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula (aka Messier 16) made famous in a picture from the Hubble Space Telescope. Using the...
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The Pillars of Creation in 3D
A few days ago, I posted an image of a 3D visualization of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula. Here’s a video of that visualization. Video Credit: ESO
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The Pillars of Creation
One of the iconic Hubble images is the one on the left which shows a portion of the Eagle Nebula known as the Pillars of Creation. The image above was also taken by Hubble, but in near-infrared light,...
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Herschel’s View of the Eagle Nebula
The famous Hubble Space Telescope image of the Pillars of Creation,the light-years long star forming columns of cold gas and dust inside the Eagle Nebula is inset on the left. This false-color...
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A New Look at M16
The Eagle Nebula (aka Messier 16 or M16) contains the young star cluster NGC 6611 and the star-forming region known as the Pillars of Creation. This new composite image shows the region around the...
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Speaking of Cosmic Fairies …
Tinker Bell is not the only one. Meet the Fairy of the Eagle Nebula. The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are evaporating, and, as powerful starlight whittles away these cosmic structures, the...
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Pillars of Creation
The Pillars of Creation are a feature in the Eagle Nebula. This pair of images was taken by Hubble in 2014. The first image shows the Pillars in visible light capturing the silhouette of the dark...
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