Sunny Priyan
Though just a small part of the Eagle Nebula, this towering pillar of gas and dust stands with undeniable majesty.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll
Rising 9.5 light-years high and 7,000 light-years away, this stunning pillar is captured in Hubble’s newly processed image for ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary.
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In the Eagle Nebula’s cold hydrogen clouds, young stars ignite, shaping their surroundings with powerful ultraviolet light and stellar winds.
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This thick, light-blocking pillar—narrow with a blossoming head—takes shape as glowing distant gas outlines its sculpted edges.
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Blue hues reveal ionized oxygen, red shows glowing hydrogen, and orange marks starlight piercing dust that blocks blue light but lets red pass through.
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Hidden stars at the Eagle Nebula’s center sculpt this towering pillar, whose striking form may spark new stars-yet will one day be eroded by their fierce radiation.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll