![]() ![]() This image spotlights the ancient curtains of dust in greater detail, allowing researchers to gain a more precise look at the particles’ movements and an overall 3D view of the object in higher resolution than ever before. ![]() ![]() Similar to a ghostly hand in a movie, the Pillars of Creation are seen in the new picture as an eerie gray landscape amid an orange background, described as “seemingly endless layers of gas and dust.” Now, just in time for Halloween, a different, spookier image of the interstellar phenomenon has been unveiled, captured by the telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Last week, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released the most detailed image yet of the Pillars of Creation, a famed star-forming cluster located an estimated 6,5000 light-years away from Earth. SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI / IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) ![]()
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