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NASA’sWebb Takes Portrait of Star-Pillars of Creation, October 19, 2022<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n With so much of consequence happening on the planet, we thought of many issues to write about. Probably time again to cover many of them and their relationship we thought.<\/p>\n Then an event made clear it was time to cover none of them.<\/p>\n It was time to look at and reflect on the context of everything, the mystery of the universe itself.<\/p>\n Yesterday, NASA released new photography of the aptly named “Pillars of Creation”.<\/p>\n It’s a view of the universe and time and space as never before experienced.<\/p>\n Some perspective. We’re the speck you can’t see.<\/p>\n Whatever one’s beliefs or views, this is truly a most magnificent sight.<\/p>\n Here’s the NASA article:<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Editor’s Note, Oct. 21, 2022: The story below has been updated to clarify what is visible in the in the James Webb Space Telescope’s\u00a0Pillars of Creation NIRCam image.<\/p>\n Lee esta historia en espa\u00f1ol\u00a0<\/em>aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape \u2013 the iconic Pillars of Creation \u2013 where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations, but are far more permeable. These columns are made up of cool interstellar gas and dust that appear \u2013 at times \u2013 semi-transparent in near-infrared light.<\/p>\n Webb\u2019s new view of the Pillars of Creation, which were first made famous when imaged by NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope in 1995<\/a>, will help researchers revamp their models of star formation by identifying far more precise counts of newly formed stars, along with the quantities of gas and dust in the region. Over time, they will begin to build a clearer understanding of how stars form and burst out of these dusty clouds over millions of years.<\/p>\n Newly formed stars are the scene-stealers in this image from Webb\u2019s Near-Infrared Camera<\/a> (NIRCam). These are the bright red orbs that typically have diffraction spikes and lie outside one of the dusty pillars. When knots with sufficient mass form within the pillars of gas and dust, they begin to collapse under their own gravity, slowly heat up, and eventually form new stars.<\/p>\n What about those wavy lines that look like lava at the edges of some pillars? These are ejections from stars that are still forming within the gas and dust. Young stars periodically shoot out supersonic jets that collide with clouds of material, like these thick pillars. This sometimes also results in bow shocks, which can form wavy patterns like a boat does as it moves through water. The crimson glow comes from the energetic hydrogen molecules that result from jets and shocks. This is evident in the second and third pillars from the top \u2013 the NIRCam image is practically pulsing with their activity. These young stars are estimated to be only a few hundred thousand years old.<\/p>\n Although it may appear that near-infrared light has allowed Webb to \u201cpierce through\u201d the clouds to reveal great cosmic distances beyond the pillars, there are almost no galaxies in this view. Instead, a mix of translucent gas and dust known as the interstellar medium<\/a> in the densest part of our Milky Way galaxy\u2019s disk blocks our view to much of the of the deeper universe.<\/p>\n This scene was first imaged by Hubble in 1995<\/a> and revisited in 2014<\/a>, but many other observatories have also stared deeply at this region. Each advanced instrument offers researchers new details about this region, which is practically overflowing with stars.<\/p>\n This tightly cropped image is set within the vast Eagle Nebula, which lies 6,500 light-years away.<\/p>\n\n\n![\"Layers](\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full_width\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/stsci-01gfnn3pwjmy4rqxkz585bc4qh.png?itok=Xja4XWS0\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/div>\n\nThe Pillars of Creation are set off in a kaleidoscope of color in NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s near-infrared-light view. The pillars look like arches and spires rising out of a desert landscape, but are filled with semi-transparent gas and dust, and ever changing. This is a region where young stars are forming \u2013 or have barely burst from their dusty cocoons as they continue to form.<\/div>\nCredits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI).<\/div>\nDownload the full-resolution, uncompressed version and supporting visuals from the Space Telescope Science Institute.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n\nNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope made the Pillars of Creation famous with its first image in 1995, but revisited the scene in 2014 to reveal a sharper, wider view in visible light, shown above at left. A new, near-infrared-light view from NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope, at right, helps us peer through more of the dust in this star-forming region. The thick, dusty brown pillars are no longer as opaque and many more red stars that are still forming come into view.<\/div>\nCredits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI).<\/div>\nDownload the full-resolution, uncompressed version and supporting visuals from the Space Telescope Science Institute.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n