A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust sculpted by intense stellar radiation. The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, is located about 6,500 ...

As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series revisiting stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the ...

NASA has unveiled a newly reprocessed image from theHubble Space Telescope that offers a stunning look at a 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust rising from the heart of the Eagle Nebula ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A vast stellar nursery in the Eagle Nebula is seen as a towering spire of gas and dust through ...

New 3D visualizations of the famous Pillars of Creation have been created, using images snapped by both NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. By combining data from the older and new space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three looming towers made of interstellar dust and gas that's speckled with newly ...

Using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have produced the first complete three-dimensional view of the famous Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, Messier 16.

This time of year, when we look to the south, we look toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy’s core. The Sagittarius Arm is the next spiral arm inward from our arm, and this week’s deep space ...

Research by astronomers at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies suggests that shadows hold the key to how giant star-forming structures like the famous “Pillars of Creation” take shape. The ...