Zooming Out on the Eagle Nebula

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The Eagle Nebula Combining almost opposite ends of the electromagnetic spectrum, this composite of the Herschel in far-infrared and XMM-Newton’s X-ray images shows how the hot young stars detected by the X-ray observations are sculpting and interacting with the surrounding ultra-cool gas and dust, which, at only a few degrees above absolute zero, is the critical material for star formation itself. Both wavelengths would be blocked by Earth’s atmosphere, so are critical to our understanding of th

Soar into the Eagle Nebula 🦅 This part of the nebula is called the Pillars of Creation. Giant columns of cold gas are bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light from a cluster of young, massive stars. The Pillars of Creation are about 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Serpens. Music credit: “Full Circle,” David Bramfitt [ASCAP], Open Note [ASCAP], Universal Production Music Video credits: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI); Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA),