where the stars are born

This somewhat ghostly cosmic landscape is popularly known as “the pillars of creation”.

It owes its name to the fact that this is an area where new stars are forming and to the plume-like appearance of some of the dense clouds of dust and gas that are the raw material from which the suns form. These clouds, like crucibles, house stars in the process of formation inside.

The photo was recently taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, owned by NASA, ESA and CSA, space agencies of the United States, Europe and Canada, respectively. And it is the sharpest and most detailed of all that have been taken from this cosmic region to date.

The photo was taken in the mid-infrared band, allowing details to be seen that would otherwise have been missed or missed. As a result, clouds appear with impressive sharpness and contrast.

The densest clouds are the darkest.

(Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI))

In the region shown in the photo, there are thousands of stars, but they are not visible in the image because they emit little radiation in the mid-infrared band. The photographed area is part of the Eagle Nebula, located about 6,500 light-years from Earth. (Font: NCYT by Amazings)